Legal Opinion

United States v. James Douglas Smith, United States of America v. James Douglas Smith, United States of America v. James Douglas Smith

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided December 29, 2006No. 06-4358, 06-4359, 06-4360PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge NIEMEYER joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

James Douglas Smith, convicted of five counts of bank robbery, challenges his sentence on two grounds. He asserts that the district court erred in (1) failing to sentence him at the lowest end of the applicable United States Sentencing Guidelines range; and (2) imposing the condition that its sentence run consecutively to any future, not-yet-imposed sentence. Although the district court did not err in failing to sentence Smith at…

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