United States Fourth Circuit
US v. Thompson, 075028
Sentence of life imprisonment for one count of bank robbery pursuant to the federal "three strikes" law is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) defendant's latest conviction should not have been considered a strike because he met his burden under the statute; and 2) 18 U.S.C. section 3559(c) violated defendant's constitutional rights because the sentence was based on judicial fact-finding that increased the applicable statutory maximum from twenty years to life imprisonment.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/09/2009
- Published 02/09/2009
Judges
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit