U.S. v. Watkins, No. 05-4551 (6th Cir.) (509 F.3d 277) (December 14, 2007) (Judge Ronald Lee Gilman)
In this case, the Sixth Circuit rejected the defendant’s contention that his sentence of 1,772 months (147 years) was constitutionally invalid under the Eighth Amendment as cruel and unusual punishment. The defendant, Gary Watkins, a first time offender, was convicted of participating in a string of six bank robberies during ...
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