United States v. Anthony Coleman

Anthony Coleman pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2006), and was sentenced as an armed career criminal to the mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years prescribed by 18 U.S.C.A. § 924(e) (West Supp.2011). Coleman appeals his sentence, arguing that imposition of the fifteen-year sentence was error because mandatory minimum sentences conflict with the mandate in 18 U.S.C. § 3558(a) (2006) to impose a sentence “sufficient but not greater than necessary.” He further contends that a fifteen-year sentence is greater than…