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Timestamp: 2020-04-07 14:24:26
Document Index: 544090884

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1951', '§ 924', '§ 922', '§ 1951', '§ 924', '§ 924', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 924', '§ 924']

JACQUES ROBERT JACKSON, Petitioner,
On October 3, 2006, Petitioner Jacques Robert Jackson (“Petitioner”) was charged, along with his co-defendant Christopher Jonnell Tyler, in a Bill of Indictment with one count of Hobbs Act robbery and conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 and 2 (Count One), and one count of possessing and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a “crime of violence, ” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (Count Three). [CR Doc. 1: Indictment]. On December 20, 2006, Petitioner was charged in a Superseding Indictment, which retained the charges of the original Indictment and also charged Petitioner with one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (Count Five). [CR Doc. 22: Superseding Indictment]. On February 26, 2007, Petitioner and the Government entered into an Amended Plea Agreement, pursuant to which Petitioner agreed to plead guilty to Counts One and Three and the Government agreed to dismiss Count Five. [CR Doc. 33: Amended Plea Agreement at 1]. The Petitioner faced a maximum term of twenty 20 years' imprisonment for Count One, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951 & 2, and a mandatory consecutive sentence of not less than 10 years to life for Count Three, see 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(iii).
On February 26, 2007, Petitioner pleaded guilty to Counts One and Three. [CR Doc. 34: Acceptance and Entry of Guilty Plea]. In preparation for sentencing, a probation officer prepared a Presentence Report (PSR). In the PSR, the probation officer noted the mandatory 10 years to life consecutive sentence for Petitioner's § 924(c) conviction. [CR Doc. 55 at ¶ 63]. The probation officer found the Total Offense Level for Count One to be 29 and the Criminal History Category to be VI. This yielded a Guidelines Range calling for a total term of imprisonment for both Counts One and Three of between 271 and 308 months. [CR Doc. 55 at 8, 13, 17].
The Petitioner's sentencing hearing was held on September 24, 2007, before the Honorable Lacy H. Thornburg, United States District Judge.[2] At the hearing, the Court adopted the probation officer's findings, but granted the Defendant a two level downward departure on the Government's motion, and sentenced Petitioner to a term of imprisonment of 130 months on Count One, and a consecutive term of 120 months on Count Three, for a total term of 250 months' imprisonment. [CR Doc. 48: Judgment]. Petitioner did not file a direct appeal from this Judgment. On the Government's request and pursuant to Rule 35(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Court entered an Amended Judgment on August 13, 2012, reducing Petitioner's term of imprisonment on Count One to 70 months; Petitioner's sentence on Count Three remained unchanged. [CR Doc. 54: Amended Judgment]. Petitioner did not file a direct appeal from this Amended Judgment.
On November 21, 2011, Petitioner filed a motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. [Civil No. 1:11-cv-00316-MR, Doc 1]. The Court denied and dismissed this motion on the merits. [Id., Doc. 56].
On June 9, 2016, with the authority of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to file a successive Section 2255 motion, the Petitioner filed the present motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, arguing, in part, that his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is invalid under Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015) [CV Docs. 1, 1-1]. Upon the request of the Government, this matter was stayed pending the Fourth Circuit's decision in United States v. Ali, No. 15-4433, or United States v. Simms, No. 15-4640. [CV Doc. 6]. The Fourth Circuit then ordered that Ali would be held in abeyance pending the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Davis, No. 18-431. On the Government's request, this matter was in turn stayed pending Davis. [CV Doc. 11]. The Supreme Court decided Davis on June 24, 2019. The next day this Court lifted the stay and ordered the Government to respond to the Petitioner's motion by August 23, 2019. Petitioner subsequently filed a supplemental memorandum in support of his Section 2255 motion. [CV Doc. 13]. The Government timely filed its response, agreeing that this Court should grant Petitioner's Section 2255 motion, vacate his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), and resentence him on the remaining counts. [CV Doc. 14]. The Government also argues that it should be relieved of its obligations under the plea agreement should the Court grant Petitioner's motion to vacate. [Id.].