Jones
Jones v. United States
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
8 Case No. 5:94-cr-20079-EJD-1 Plaintiff, 9 ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S v. MOTION TO VACATE UNDER 28 10 U.S.C. § 2255
ANTHONY JAMAL JONES
11 Re: Dkt. Nos. 40, 44 Defendant. 12
13 Defendant Mr. Anthony Jamal Jones filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set 14 aside, or correct his conviction and twenty-five year sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for two 15 counts of use of a firearm in connection with a “crime of violence.” Def.’s Mot. (Dkt. No. 44) at 16 1. The court based this twenty-five year sentence on Defendant’s predicate convictions for a 17 “crime of violence”—armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d). Defendant 18 argues his sentence under Section 924(c) violates due process because his “armed-bank-robbery 19 convictions no longer qualify as crimes of violence” under…