Jones

Jones v. United States

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United States District Court, Southern District of CaliforniaMay 4, 20213:19-cv-01300California2,054 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

I. BACKGROUND

22 On April 17, 2018, Jones III waived indictment and pled not guilty to the 23 Superseding Information charging him with three counts of obstructing, delaying, and 24 affecting commerce, and the movement of articles and commodities in commerce by 25 robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (“Hobbs Act robbery”), and two counts of aiding 26 and abetting the use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, in violation of 18 27 U.S.C. § 924(c) (“Section 924(c)”). (Doc. No. 53.) On April 17, 2018, Jones and the United 28 States entered into a plea agreement (“the Plea Agreement”). (Doc. No. 52.) As set forth in the Plea Agreement, Jones agreed to waive appeal and collateral attack of both the conviction and sentence. (Id. at 14.) On April 17, 2018, the Honorable William V. Gallo presided over Jones’s change of plea hearing. (Doc. No. 55.) After being satisfied that the plea was knowing and voluntary, Judge Gallo accepted Jones’s plea. At the sentencing phase, the parties jointly recommended that the Court sentence Jones to 1 day in custody to run concurrent for the three robbery counts (Counts 1-3), 60 8 …

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