Legal Opinion
United States v. Terrance McCarter
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 27, 2005No. 04-1684PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant was found guilty of attempted robbery in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), but also of attempted bank robbery in violation of the federal bank-robbery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and was given concurrent prison sentences of 188 months. The facts are colorful. Claudia Cahill, a nurse, drove her ear into a parking garage near her place of work in Oak Park, Illinois, and parked on the fourth level of the garage. She left the car and as she approached the elevator a masked man accosted her, pointed his gun at her, and ordered her to put her…
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