United States v. Michael Alan King

Convicted on pleas of guilty to five counts of bank robbery, King appeals from the denial of his motion to vacate sentence. Along with various other contentions that do not merit discussion, he asserts that he should have been sentenced under the Guidelines, although his offenses and his pleas transpired long before their effective date.

We have, however, clearly held that when Congress enacted the Sentencing Reform Act it intended the new guidelines, when they were developed, to apply only to offenses committed on or after their effective date. United States v. Haines, 855 F.2d 199, 200-01…