PETERSON v. U.S.

No. 07-CF-1344.

997 A.2d 682 (2010)

Juan PETERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara E. Kopecki, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant.

Channing D. Phillips, Acting United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese, III, Fernando Campoamor-Sanchez, and Sharon A. Sprague, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before FERREN, TERRY, and SCHWELB, Senior Judges.


TERRY, Senior Judge:

Appellant Peterson entered into a pre-indictment plea agreement after his arrest, along with several other persons, for a series of armed carjackings. In accordance with the agreement, appellant pleaded guilty to one count of unarmed carjacking and one count of armed robbery. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred by imposing the mandatory minimum sentence for carjacking (seven years' imprisonment) instead of a lesser sentence under...

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