United States v. Marshawn Lytle

CLELAND, District Judge.

Marshawn Lytle pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924, for which he received a sentence of 120 months’ imprisonment. Lytle challenges the district court’s sentence as procedurally and substantively unreasonable. Because we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

On July 14, 2005, officers from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) were patrolling a local public housing facility. (PSR at 4.) The patrolling officers approached…