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U.S. v. MORRISON

No. 96-50164.

113 F.3d 1020 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Jeffrey MORRISON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judi M. Sanzo, San Diego, California, for defendant-appellant.

Bruce R. Castetter and Larry A. Burns, Assistant United States Attorneys, San Diego, California, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, KOZINSKI and JOHN T. NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judges.

OPINION

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

Defendant challenges the imposition of a life sentence under the recently-enacted federal three strikes law.

On November 13, 1995, Thomas Morrison pleaded guilty to two counts of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). Because Morrison had two prior state robbery convictions, his 1995 offenses triggered the three strikes law enacted by Congress in 1994. Under that law, the district judge must sentence...

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