United States v. Evans

Michael Ellis Evans pled guilty to bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) (2000), and was sentenced to a term of forty-six months imprisonment. Evans appeals his sentence, contending first that the district court erred in making a sentence enhancement for a threat of death, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2B3.1(b)(2)(F) (2003), and, second, that his sentence violated the Sixth Amendment under Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). For the reasons explained below, we affirm the sentence.

Evans robbed a Bank of America in Greenville, South Carolina, by giving…