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United States v. Sawyer

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided July 14, 1999No. 97-6849PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:

In 1997, a panel of this Court vacated the 157 month sentence of Appellant Marc Alan Sawyer and remanded the case to the district court for re-sentencing. United States v. Sawyer, 115 F.3d 857 (11th Cir.1997). We find we must do so again.

I

Sawyer is an admitted bank robber. In 1995, he walked into a Mobile, Alabama bank, his nose and mouth covered by a bandana mask, carrying a loaded pistol. Screaming loudly that he wanted money, Sawyer jumped up on a table near the teller cages, raised his gun and pointed it at teller Sharon Malone. 1 She went down on the floor in…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Koon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. United States v. Ed HowardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
  3. United States v. Harold Hall Paslay, A/K/A Pat PaslayCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. Michael Rudolph CruzCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
  5. United States v. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. United States v. Jason M. MoriartyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  2. United States v. Earl Robert WadeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
  3. United States v. Ram Kumar SinghCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
  4. United States v. WallaceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. Damon AmedeoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004

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