Legal Opinion
United States v. Mason
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 4, 2012No. Docket 11-544PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
Rodney Mason appeals from a January 4, 2011 judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Reiss, C.J.) convicting him, following a guilty plea, of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The district court sentenced Mason principally to a term of imprisonment of thirty-three months. Mason challenges the sentence, arguing that the district court erred by denying a reduction under the “lawful sporting purposes” provision. Section 2K2.1(b)(2) of the United States Sentencing…
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