United States v. Gary Lee Wind

MeMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Gary Lee Wind appeals his conviction following a jury trial and the fifteen-year sentence imposed on him by the District Court for the District of Minnesota under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), for possessing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). Wind challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the use of his prior convictions in applying the fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence enhancement under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). We affirm the conviction but reverse the sentence and remand for resentencing.

On April 5, 1991, a Minneapolis police officer was filling the gas…