Legal Opinion

United States v. Donald Ray Burnette

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 30, 1999No. 97-6204PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOWD, District Judge.

The appellant stands convicted of one count of the November 15,1996, robbery of a branch of the AmSouth Bank in Chattanooga, Tennessee (18 U.S.C. § 2113), two counts of kidnapping (18 U.S.C. § 1201), and two counts of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to the bank robbery and kidnappings (18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) and 2).

Burnette and his partner and co-defendant, James Travis White, entered the home of Sue Chambers, the branch manager of the bank, in the evening preceding the bank robbery. At gunpoint, they gained control of Mrs. Chambers’ husband,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Albernaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Simpson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Busic v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Prince v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. United States v. George E. Moore (88-5932) and Charles R. Morse, (88-5942)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  2. United States v. Randy GrahamCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
  3. United States v. Kennth JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2019
  4. United States v. SandstromCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
  5. United States v. Manila VichitvongsaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016

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