Legal Opinion
United States v. Dan Jones and Jerome A. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1991No. 90-3114, 90-3166PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendants were convicted of bank robbery. Only one issue, raised by only one defendant, merits discussion — whether for purposes of sentencing the judge properly classified Dan Jones as a “career offender,” a classification that resulted in a long sentence (twelve years). For him to be so classified, it was necessary that the bank robbery be a “crime of violence.” Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.1. It was an unarmed robbery. Jones walked up to a teller and announced, “This is a hold up.” He demanded that the teller give him money from the teller’s drawer. When the…
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