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U.S. v. HAINES

Nos. 88-5529, 88-5530 Summary Calendar.

855 F.2d 199 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sterling Leroy HAINES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucien B. Campbell, Federal Public Defender, P. Joseph Brake, Asst. Federal Public Defender, San Antonio, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Helen M. Eversberg, U.S. Atty., Le Roy Morgan Jahn, Michael R. Hardy, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, WILLIAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In this case we are faced with the claim that the statute making the sentencing guidelines applicable only to crimes committed after they went into effect is an unconstitutional ex post facto law as it applies to crimes committed before the guidelines were promulgated. This unique contention constitutes a complete miscomprehension of the prohibition against ex post facto laws contained in...

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