United States Eleventh Circuit

Sentence enhancement upon conviction for a Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence is affirmed where the district court did not err in determining that a conviction for violating Florida Statute section 784.085, "Battery of a Child by Throwing, Tossing, Projecting, or Expelling Certain Fluids or Materials," is a crime of violence for purposes of the career offender enhancement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2008
• Published 05/19/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before TJOFLAT, DUBINA and BLACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Miguel Caridad and Kathleen M. Williams, Fed. Pub. Defenders, Miami, FL, for Young., Laura Thomas Rivero, Kathleen M. Salyer, Harriett R. Galvin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, FL, for U.S.