U.S. v. JONES

Nos. 90-3114, 90-3166.

932 F.2d 624 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dan JONES and Jerome A. Jones, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Jacobs, Asst. U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for U.S.

Thomas M. Croke, Brookfield, Wis., for Dan Jones.

Michael L. Chernin, Milwaukee, Wis., for Jerome A. Jones.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendants were convicted of bank robbery. Only one issue, raised by only one defendant, merits discussion — whether for purposes of sentencing the judge properly classified Dan Jones as a "career offender," a classification that resulted in a long sentence (twelve years). For him to be so classified, it was necessary that the bank robbery be a "crime of violence." Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.1. It was an unarmed robbery. Jones...

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