Legal Opinion
United States v. Victor Maldonado
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 25, 2017No. 16-3882PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Victor Maldonado pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment, He now appeals his sentence, arguing that the district court 1 committed procedural error in determining his advisory sentencing guidelines' range' by finding that two of his prior convictions qualified as “controlled substance offenses” and by applying an enhancement for possessing a firearm in connection with another felony offense. For the reasons below, we affirm,
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On October 7, 2015, police officers in Sioux City, Iowa stopped Maldonado’s…
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