Legal Opinion
United States v. Dentler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 3, 2007No. 06-50272PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Hugh Douglas Dentler was indicted for and convicted of federal bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The district court sentenced him to 240 months of imprisonment. Dentler now appeals both his sentence and his conviction. He argues that the indictment was insufficient, because it failed to state a necessary element of the charged crime, and that the instructions given to the jury worked an impermissible constructive amendment. He also argues that the district court incorrectly held that his crime constituted a crime of violence and therefore…
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