Legal Opinion

United States v. Eason

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 7, 2011No. 09-3464PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Alvin Eason pleaded guilty to four counts of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The Plea Agreement included a limited appeal waiver. Based on two prior burglary convictions, the district court 1 found that Eason is a career offender and sentenced him to 151 months in prison, the bottom of the resulting guidelines range. Eason appeals, arguing he was improperly sentenced as a career offender and the career-offender-enhanced sentence is substantively unreasonable because it is greater than necessary to achieve the sentencing goals of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). We…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. United States v. FeemsterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  5. State v. JamesTennessee Supreme Court · 2010

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