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United States v. Brent James Bockes

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 18, 2006No. 04-3936PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Brent James Bockes appeals the sentence pronounced by the district court 1 after his guilty plea for bank robbery. Bockes contends that tampering with a motor vehicle is not a crime of violence as defined by U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 4B1.2 and that his sentence was unconstitutionally pronounced under mandatory sentencing guidelines. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Bockes pled guilty to four counts of bank robbery by intimidation in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The district court sentenced Bockes as a career offender, finding that a 2002 Missouri conviction for…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. United States v. Louis F. PiraniCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. Timothy Jerome McCallCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. United States v. Antonio ClemmonsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
  2. United States v. Antwaen D. RelifordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
  3. United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  4. United States v. DavidsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. Kevin N. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007

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