U.S. v. ROLLNESS

No. 07-30411.

561 F.3d 996 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rodney Lee ROLLNESS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne Lee Elliott, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellant.

Jeffrey C. Sullivan, United States Attorney; Helen J. Brunner (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Tessa Gorman, Assistant United States Attorney; Michael Lang, Assistant United States Attorney; Bruce Miyake, Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: B. FLETCHER, PAMELA ANN RYMER and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Pursuant to a jury trial, Rodney Lee Rollness, a former member of the Washington Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels, was convicted under the Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering (VICAR) statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, for the murder of Michael Walsh. The district court sentenced Rollness to life imprisonment, which it determined to be the minimum sentence required under 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1) for murder in aid of racketeering ("VICAR murder"). On...

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