United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for hostage taking is affirmed where U.S.S.G. section 2K2.4(b) referred to the statute in effect at the time the crime was committed, rather than the one in effect at the time of sentencing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/15/2010
• Decided 07/13/2010
• Published 07/13/2010

Judges

• Sidney R. Thomas

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dennis K. Burke, Jon M. Sands