United States v. James Scott Robinson, United States of America v. James Scott Robinson

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• explaining that each sentence for a § 924(c) conviction must be imposed consecutively
• holding, “Booker did nothing to alter the rule that judges cannot depart below a statutorily provided minimum sentence. Except upon motion of the Government on the basis of substantial assistance, a district court still may not depart below a statutory minimum.”
• holding, “Booker did nothing to alter the rule that judges cannot depart below a statutorily provided minimum sentence. Except upon motion of the Government on the basis of substantial assistance, a district court still may not depart below a statutory minimum.”
• “nothing in the record indicates that Robinson could not understand the rights as Agent Hicks provided them.”
• stating 193-year sentence on remand “may seem manifestly unjust given Robinson’s age and well-documented intellectual limitations, [but] it is the result mandated by Congress.”
• vacating a sentence of 384 months’ imprisonment because the statutory minimum sentence was 2184 months’ imprisonment

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