United States v. Brown

KIMBA M. WOOD, United States District Judge:

On July 2, 2018, this Court sentenced Jerome Brown for his conviction on one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. In calculating Mr. Brown's base offense level, the Court declined to consider his 2008 conviction for attempted assault in the second degree pursuant to New York Penal Law section 120.05(1) as a "crime of violence" under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines section 2K2.1(a)(4)(A). The Court stated that it would issue an opinion explaining that ruling.

I. BACKGROUND

On October 6, 2017, Jerome Brown ("Defendant") was convicted…