United States v. Mario Thomas

Mario Thomas appeals the district court’s 1 enhancement of his sentence under the United States- Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or Guidelines), and we affirm. Thomas was convicted of distributing cocaine base. At sentencing the district court applied the Guidelines’ career-offender enhancement on the basis of two prior convictions, one of which was for first-degree battery under §5-13-201 of the Arkansas Code. That statute enumerates several classes of conduct that qualify as first-degree battery, including: “With the purpose of causing serious physical injury to another person, the person…