United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for possessing a firearm after conviction of a felony is affirmed where defendant's prior Kansas state conviction for eluding a law enforcement officer constituted a "crime of violence" under U.S.S.G. section 2K2.1(a)(4)(A).

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2010
• Published 05/19/2010

Judges

• HENRY, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, ANDERSON and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Melody Evans, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Cyd Gilman, Federal Public Defender, with her on the brief), Topeka, Kansas, for Defendant-Appellant., James A. Brown, Assistant United States Attorney (Lanny D. Welch, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Topeka, Kansas, for Plaintiff-Appellee.