United States v. Suggs

OPINION

AMBRO, Circuit Judge

James Suggs appeals his conviction and sentence for two counts of unarmed bank robbery. After the jury returned a guilty verdict in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Suggs moved for a judgment of acquittal or, in the alternative, a new trial. The District Court denied both motions and sentenced Suggs to the middle of the then-mandatory federal Sentencing Guidelines range, based in part on a two-level enhancement after a judicial finding that Suggs committed one of the robberies with a threat of death. Suggs argues that the Court’s rulings…