Legal Opinion

United States v. Hart

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 25, 2009No. 07-3395PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Emmanuel Lewis Hart pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The district court sentenced him to 156 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release under the career offender Guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. We now vacate Mr. Hart’s sentence and remand his case to the district court for resentencing in light of this opinion.

I

BACKGROUND

On May 13, 2006, Mr. Hart entered a Chicago bank carrying a small black bag and a robbery note. He handed a teller the note, which read: “There is a bomb in this bag give me the 100.00, 50.00,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Begay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  3. James v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. Nijhawan v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  5. Chambers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009

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3Cited by26 opinions

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