United States v. Benjamin Godfrey Chipps, Sr.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Gircuit Judge. ■

Benjamin Chipps, Sr., was convicted by a jury on one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(6), and two counts of simple assault, 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(5), and he was sentenced to 97 months in prison. Mr. Chipps appeals from his convictions and sentence. .He challenges his convictions on fourth amendment, fifth amendment, jurisdictional, and evidentiary grounds. As for his sentence, he argues that it violates the sixth amendment because the district court 1 increased it on the basis of facts that were not found by. the jury…