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U.S. v. EDWARDS

No. 99-60863.

231 F.3d 933 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sheron EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 26, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul David Roberts, Asst. U.S. Atty., Calvin D. Buchanan, Oxford, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kenneth Harold Coghlan, Oxford, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WOOD, DAVIS and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

Primarily at issue is whether the armed robbery of the keys to a vehicle from its owner, only 15 feet from the vehicle, constitutes taking the vehicle "from the person or presence" of the victim, within the meaning of the federal carjacking statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2119. Sheron Edwards raises this issue, as well as several others, in appealing his conviction and sentence for carjacking and use of a firearm during a crime of...

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