United States v. Harrol Jerry Holley

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Harrol Jerry Holley appeals his convictions and sentence for receipt of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(h)(1) (current version at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)), 924(a), and interstate transportation of firearms by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g), 924(a). He claims that the district court should have dismissed the conviction because by the time of sentencing Congress had amended the federal firearms statutes, and he argues that the three-year sentence he received was an abuse of the court’s discretion. We affirm.

In 1979…