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A case called Hope

By Douglas A. Berman

During election season, I love watching old campaign commercials (wonderfully assembled here) and reading old political speeches.  Candidate Bill Clinton's speech at the 1992 Democratic convention was titled "A Place Called Hope," and I could not resist riffing off that title for this post about US v. Hope, No. 07-60769 (5th Cir. Oct. 8, 2008) (available here). Here is how a case called Hope starts: Defendant, Danny Hope, was apprehended following a high speed chase that ensued when a police officer attempted to pull him over for driving with a broken headlight.  The officer recovered a .380 caliber Walther-brand pistol from under the passenger seat of Hope?s vehicle. The pistol was later identified as the same weapon Defendant had used to rob a convenience store the previous day...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 09, 2008 (boomark / email).