United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's murder sentence under the Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering Act (VICAR) is affirmed, where a life sentence is the statutory minimum penalty for murder under VICAR.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/02/2009
• Decided 04/02/2009
• Published 04/02/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  B. FLETCHER, PAMELA ANN RYMER and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Suzanne Lee Elliott, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellant., Jeffrey C. Sullivan, United States Attorney;  Helen J. Brunner (argued), Assistant United States Attorney;  Tessa Gorman, Assistant United States Attorney;  Michael Lang, Assistant United States Attorney;  Bruce Miyake, Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee.