United States v. Ward

SIRICA, Chief Judge.

MEMORANDUM

This matter is before the Court on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 1 2 for the purpose of clarifying the reasons given at the original sentencing proceeding for choosing to sentence the defendant Ward under the applicable penalty provision 3 rather than under the Federal Youth Corrections Act. 3

The defendant, Reuben T. Ward, entered a plea of guilty in this Court to a count charging robbery following a three-week trial with a co-defendant on charges of felony-murder, second-degree murder, armed robbery and robbery which…