United States v. Michelle Ann Bell

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

The government appeals the district court’s 1 decision to use the Sentencing Guidelines in effect when Michelle Bell committed her crime instead of the Guidelines in effect when she was sentenced. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On July 1, 1991, Bell possessed a firearm, and on November 19, 1991, she pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The Probation Office applied the Sentencing Guidelines in effect on the date Bell committed her offense and calculated Bell’s offense level as 10 by starting…