United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's firearm possession sentence is vacated where defendant's conviction for escape from a penal institution, in violation of Minnesota Statutes sections 609.485 subdivisions 2(1) and 4(1), constituted a crime of violence for purposes of the Sentencing Guidelines.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2010
• Published 05/24/2010

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, Chief Judge,BRIGHT and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Katherine M. Menendez, AFPD, of Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Leshia M. Lee-Dixon, AUSA, of St. Paul, MN, appellee.