United States v. Keith Allen Ford

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This is another appeal of the application of the sentencing guidelines.

Keith Allen Ford fatally shot Joe Coffman when the latter showed up at a mutual friend’s house with a gun, “looking for” Ford. Ford, who had previously been convicted of four controlled substances offenses, pled guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Ford was sentenced to 400 months imprisonment and five years supervised release, based in part on the district court’s characterization of his possession of a firearm as a “crime of violence” for purposes…