United States v. Muratovic, No. 11-3889 (7th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseMuratovic admitted to planning, with co-conspirators, robbery of a truck that he believed would carry drug money from Illinois to California, by following the truck and robbing it at a rest stop after a passenger exited. The co-conspirators would wear disguises, threaten the driver at gunpoint, and use violence if necessary. The co-conspirators unknowingly invited a police informant, wearing a wire, to participate. The crew met in a parking lot, carrying firearms for use in the robbery, traveled to obtain another gun, located their target, and began surveillance. Two co-conspirators went to get gas cans and extra gas. The target truck never left the parking lot and, thinking that its driver had spotted them, the crew left without robbing the truck. Muratovic did not dispute the facts nor the pre-sentence report and received a 90-month prison term for violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. 1951(a), conspiracy to commit robbery in violation of the Hobbs Act, and carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, rejecting claims that there was no factual basis for Hobbs Act jurisdiction, for finding that he took a substantial step toward commission of the robbery, and that conspiracy to violate the Hobbs Act is not a violent felony under 18 U.S.C. 924(c).
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