United States v. Matthews

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

For the second time, Jeffrey Matthews appeals his sentences for convictions of carjacking and conspiracy to commit carjacking. Although both sentences violate Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), these errors are harmless under Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 87 S.Ct. 824, 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967), so we affirm.

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We described the facts of Matthews’s heinous crimes in his first appeal, United States v. Matthews, 178 F.3d 295, 297-98 (5th Cir.1999) (“Matthews I”), so we review them only briefly here. Matthews and three…