Legal Opinion
United States v. Adams
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 15, 2014No. 13-3207PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Henry J. Adams III participated in a bank robbery on October 18, 2012. He was the lookout and recruited a Mend to drive her car. After pleading guilty to the crime, he received an above-guidelines sentence of 140 months’ imprisonment. On appeal he argues that he should have received an offense-level reduction for being a minor participant and that the district court abused its discretion in imposing an above-guidelines sentence. We hold (1) that he was not entitled to a minor-participant reduction because he helped plan the robbery and acted as the lookout and…
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