Legal Opinion
United States v. Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 26, 2009No. 07-11276PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
On September 4, 2007, Judge Lynn of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas accepted defendant-appellant Curtis Lee Ellis’ guilty plea as to three counts of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113. Previously, Ellis had been convicted of common law robbery and attempted common law robbery in North Carolina, leading the probation officer to recommend a career offender enhancement under Federal Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.1. Applied this enhancement, the district court sentenced him to 168 months of imprisonment. Ellis…
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