Legal Opinion
United States v. Phillip Dale Selfa
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1990No. 89-10309PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Phillip Selfa appealed his sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines following a plea of guilty to bank robbery, aiding and abetting, and conspiracy. Selfa had already been convicted of two prior bank robberies in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and as a result, Selfa was determined to be a career criminal under section 4B1.1 of the Guidelines and his sentence was enhanced.
Selfa’s principal contention on appeal was that on this record, he should not have been sentenced as a career criminal under section 4B1.1. [2] Selfa argued that since he was unarmed and…
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