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Penultimate Amazing
All it took was trying to rob an ATF uc...after running amok for 7 years w/o legal consequences:
It marked the first time that Otis Mobley Jr., 23, of Richmond had been sent to prison for a gun-related offense after being arrested six times on weapons charges in seven years.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Robber-who-targeted-ATF-agents-gets-9-1-2-years-4524135.php
I've posted before about the situation we face locally in the S.F. bay area where known, convicted criminals are given unbelievable slack in sentencing on firearms crimes. This is the most recent example, but how bad could this really be?
Hold on to your hat:
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Reversal-in-case-of-bogus-sale-of-grenade-launcher-3637617.php
"A man charged with arranging the bogus sale of a grenade launcher must remain in custody while awaiting trial rather than writing book reports to a judge, an appeals court has ruled in overturning the judge's decision to release him from jail.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had set the unusual conditions in releasing Otis Mobley Jr., 23, on $150,000 bond in May.
She told Mobley, who is accused of trying to rob undercover agents buying the grenade launcher, to "read and complete book reports," spending an hour every day on books and at least half an hour writing.
The judge said she planned to provide a reading list for Mobley.
Federal prosecutors appealed, saying Mobley was a flight risk and a danger to the community because of his criminal history and drug use. During the appeal, Mobley remained behind bars.
A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ordered this week that Mobley not be released, saying there were "significant findings weighing in favor of detention."
The panel said it had decided to act despite being "ordinarily reluctant to interfere with a decision of this type." The appeals court did not refer to reading or book reports in its ruling.
Mobley, his cousin Khusar Mobley, 18, and Dmarce Hutcherson, 19, were indicted in U.S. District Court in Oakland for alleged conspiracy to commit robbery, assault on a federal officer, robbery and a weapons violation."
So, let us review - a guy with six previous weapons arrests during the course of seven years engages in a shootout with federal agents involved in an investigation focusing on illegal weapons sales, and a judge wants to grant bail based in part on the perp completing book reports and reading assignments?
I know that many folks here are in favor of stricter and more comprehensive gun control statutes and might not believe or understand me when I explain how gun laws don't seem to be enforced against real rootin' tootin' shootin' bad actors, but here's one right in front of our eyes - when folks discuss enforcing existing laws before going whole hog on new ones, this is exactly what we're talking about.
It marked the first time that Otis Mobley Jr., 23, of Richmond had been sent to prison for a gun-related offense after being arrested six times on weapons charges in seven years.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Robber-who-targeted-ATF-agents-gets-9-1-2-years-4524135.php
I've posted before about the situation we face locally in the S.F. bay area where known, convicted criminals are given unbelievable slack in sentencing on firearms crimes. This is the most recent example, but how bad could this really be?
Hold on to your hat:
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Reversal-in-case-of-bogus-sale-of-grenade-launcher-3637617.php
"A man charged with arranging the bogus sale of a grenade launcher must remain in custody while awaiting trial rather than writing book reports to a judge, an appeals court has ruled in overturning the judge's decision to release him from jail.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had set the unusual conditions in releasing Otis Mobley Jr., 23, on $150,000 bond in May.
She told Mobley, who is accused of trying to rob undercover agents buying the grenade launcher, to "read and complete book reports," spending an hour every day on books and at least half an hour writing.
The judge said she planned to provide a reading list for Mobley.
Federal prosecutors appealed, saying Mobley was a flight risk and a danger to the community because of his criminal history and drug use. During the appeal, Mobley remained behind bars.
A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ordered this week that Mobley not be released, saying there were "significant findings weighing in favor of detention."
The panel said it had decided to act despite being "ordinarily reluctant to interfere with a decision of this type." The appeals court did not refer to reading or book reports in its ruling.
Mobley, his cousin Khusar Mobley, 18, and Dmarce Hutcherson, 19, were indicted in U.S. District Court in Oakland for alleged conspiracy to commit robbery, assault on a federal officer, robbery and a weapons violation."
So, let us review - a guy with six previous weapons arrests during the course of seven years engages in a shootout with federal agents involved in an investigation focusing on illegal weapons sales, and a judge wants to grant bail based in part on the perp completing book reports and reading assignments?
I know that many folks here are in favor of stricter and more comprehensive gun control statutes and might not believe or understand me when I explain how gun laws don't seem to be enforced against real rootin' tootin' shootin' bad actors, but here's one right in front of our eyes - when folks discuss enforcing existing laws before going whole hog on new ones, this is exactly what we're talking about.
. Punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment. May receive minimum sentence of 15 years without parole if offender has three or more prior convictions for a felony crime of violence (e.g. burglary, robbery, assault, possession of offensive weapons) and/or drug trafficking felony.
