United States v. John Cortez White

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States v. John Cortez White, 447 F.2d 493 (5th Cir. 1971)
1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 8259

United States v. John Cortez White

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of (1) robbing a bank in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a), and (2) assaulting and putting in jeopardy the lives of persons by use of a dangerous weapon while committing the bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(d). He was sentenced to twenty years under the (a) count and to twenty-five years under the (d) count, to run concurrently. On and remanded for the District Court to appeal, we vacated the two sentences enter a single sentence. United States v. White, 5 Cir., 1971, 436 F.2d 1380.

On remand, appellant was resentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment on the conviction under § 2113(d). The sentence on the conviction under § 2113 (a) was vacated. See Eakes v. United States, 5 Cir., 1968, 391 F.2d 287. The present appeal is from the judgment re-sentencing appellant.

Appellant argues that the district court committed error in failing to require a new jury trial, rather than merely resentencing him as stated. This contention is without merit. In fact, it was specifically rejected in United States v. White, 5 Cir., 1971, 440 F.2d 978.

Appellant also urges that his sentence was too harsh and that we should modify it. In Zaffarano v. Blackwell, 5 Cir., 1967, 383 F.2d 719, 721, we said:

“This Court is without power to modify a sentence which was legally imposed and within the bounds prescribed by statute.”

Thus this contention is also without merit.

Affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Cortez WHITE, Defendant-Appellant
Status
Published