United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's bank robbery conviction and sentence are affirmed where: 1) police had reasonable articulable suspicion to detain him; 2) it was defendant who initiated the interrogation which led to his confession after being confronted with evidence linking him to the robbery; and 3) defendant's prior state conviction for attempted robbery constituted a crime of violence, for career offender purposes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/03/2009
• Published 12/03/2009

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, SMITH, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Owen James Jr., Little Rock, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda B. Lipe, AUSA, Little Rock, AR, for appellee.