Legal Opinion
United States v. Bates
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2009No. 06-2458, 06-2460PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Albert Steven Bates and Walter John Bates appeal their convictions for bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery. Because we find that no reversible error occurred at trial and that both sentences were imposed in a proeedurally reasonable manner, we AFFIRM.
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In early 2002, Walter Bates was in severe financial distress. He had recently been suspended from his job with the Detroit Police and he was mired in debt, in large part because of an affinity for gambling. Searching for a way out, he formed a plan: using his knowledge of police practices…
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