Legal Opinion
United States v. Emmanuel Hart
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 2000No. 99-3846PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we must decide whether the display of bags and shoe boxes during a bank robbery, when accompanied by the express threat that they contain a bomb, constitutes the brandishing, displaying or possessing of a dangerous weapon within the meaning of U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1(b)(2)(E). The district court applied the enhancement on the facts presented by this case. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I
BACKGROUND
Within a sixteen day period in 1998, Emmanuel Hart robbed three banks in Chicago, Illinois. On June 8,…
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