United States v. Ras Rahim
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Ras Rahim appeals his convictions for carjacking, 18 U.S.C. § 2119, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence, id. § 924(c)(1)(A), and his sentence for those and other convictions. Rahim raises three arguments on appeal, the first of which presents an issue of first impression in our Circuit that has been resolved uniformly by several of our sister circuits: (1) Ra-him’s convictions for two violations of section 924(c) arising from the same course of conduct is contrary to the language of the statute and violates the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment; (2) the government…
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