United States v. Hancock

MEMORANDUM OPINION

George J. Hazel, United States District Judge

The Court is asked to determine whether a defendant found guilty of robbing a Pizza Hut by pointing a firearm in the direction of store employees, and then leading a battalion of police officers in a high speed chase through residential neighborhoods and the interstate, should face the mandatory minimum sentence imposed under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a *819crime of violence; a penalty which, here, would be increased in severity under the sentencing guidelines because the defendant has…