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153461P.pdf 08/05/2016 United States v. Darrell Scott
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-3461
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Gruender, Circuit Judge, and Ketchmark,
District Judge]
Criminal Case - conviction and sentence. In challenge to the sufficiency
of the evidence of carjacking offense, evidence rationally supports
finding that Scott was accomplice, the identification evidence from the
photographic lineup did not violate due process, and his Sixth Amendment
rights were not violated by questions by law enforcement officials for
uncharged conduct. Based on the mandatory sentences to be served
consecutively for violation of section 924(c) convictions, and the two
armed carjackings which placed three individuals in fear of their lives,
the 768-month sentence does not violate the Eighth Amendment. The portion
of sentences mandated by section 924(c) is not subject to reasonableness
review. Scott has not demonstrated the district court abused its
discretion.