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U.S. v. THOMPSON

No. 07-5028.

554 F.3d 450 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Scott William THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Frances H. Pratt, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Eric Matthew Hurt, Office of the United States Attorney, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael S. Nachmanoff, Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, Arenda L. Wright Allen, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Richard D. Cooke, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge SHEDD wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge DUNCAN joined.

OPINION

SHEDD, Circuit Judge:

Scott William Thompson appeals the district court's imposition of a mandatory life sentence pursuant to the federal "three strikes" law. See 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I.

Thompson pled guilty to one count of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) for the February 3, 2006, robbery of a Wachovia branch in Williamsburg, Virginia.1<...

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