United States v. Fowler, No. 12-15818 (11th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseAfter defendant murdered a police officer in a Florida cemetery, he was convicted under the federal witness-tampering statute and convicted of a firearm during the commission of a federal crime of violence. On appeal, defendant challenged his life sentence, contending that the district court had no authority to resentence him on the remaining firearm count and, even if it did, the imposition of an enhanced sentence on that count violated his due process rights. The court affirmed defendant's life sentence because the district court had the authority to resentence defendant on Count 2 following the reversal of his conviction on Count 1 and because the life sentence imposed on the sole surviving count was neither more severe than defendant's total original sentence nor the product of vindictiveness.
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