Source: https://openjurist.org/244/f3d/503/united-states-of-america-v-elisha-jacobs
Timestamp: 2018-03-22 12:12:58
Document Index: 615900074

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1201', '§ 2261', '§ 924', '§ 2262', '§ 2261', '§ 922', '§ 924', '§ 924', '§ 924', '§ 924', '§ 924']

244 F. 3d 503 - United States of America v. Elisha Jacobs
244 F3d 503 United States of America v. Elisha Jacobs
244 F.3d 503 (6th Cir. 2001)
ELISHA JACOBS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Elisha pled guilty in Indiana state court to abducting Lauretta in Indiana, and was sentenced to 15 years in state prison. He was then charged in a federal indictment with four counts relating to the Tennessee abduction: kidnaping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201; interstate domestic violence and causing the crossing of a state line, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2261(a)(2); use of a deadly weapon during a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); and interstate violation of a protective order, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2262. The indictment also contained three counts relating to the Indiana abduction: interstate domestic violence and crossing a state line, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2261(a)(1); possession of a firearm while subject to a court order, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8); and use of a deadly or dangerous weapon during a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Elisha moved to have the counts relating to the Indiana abduction severed for separate trial, but the district court denied the motion, finding that because both of the abductions had allegedly been prompted by Lauretta's filing of criminal charges against Elisha, the two incidents were part of a common scheme or plan.
C. Dual Sovereignty
Although prosecuted under one indictment, Elisha was convicted of two counts of using a deadly or dangerous weapon during a crime of violence. He was sentenced to one consecutive five-year prison term and one consecutive twenty-year prison term for the two firearm offenses. See 18 U.S.C. § 924. The United States Supreme Court has held that even though a defendant is convicted of multiple firearm violations in the same proceeding, 18 U.S.C. § 924 imposes a five-year consecutive prison sentence for the first violation of § 924(c)(1) and an additional twenty-year consecutive prison sentence for each additional violation of § 924(c)(1). See Deal v. United States, 508 U.S. 129, 132 (1983). The defendant argues that we should overrule Deal. Obviously, this court has no power to do so.