United States v. McHenry

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DOWD, District Judge.

I. THE SENTENCING ISSUE.'

The sentencing of the defendant scheduled for Friday, August 20, 1993, presents the question of whether the mandatory and consecutive sentencing provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (hereafter § 924) apply in addition to the sentences required by reason of the defendant’s convictions for carjacking in violation of recently enacted 18 U.S.C. § 2119 (hereafter § 2119). 1

The defendant was found guilty by a jury on May 26,1993 of three counts of carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119, three counts of the use of a firearm in the…