[U] United States V. Boone

In connection with a series of four bank robberies that were committed in Virginia Beach, Virginia in August 1990 by various members of a group that met socially to drink and smoke crack cocaine, Frederick Gaston Brown pled guilty to participating in three of the robberies and to using a firearm in each. Leroy Boone was tried and convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery, of participating in two of the robberies, and of using a firearm in each. Brown cooperated with the government after pleading guilty and testified on its behalf in Boone's trial. Brown was sentenced to 252 months imprisonment and Boone to 308 months.