United States v. Anthony Ahgoom

This is an appeal from denial of post-conviction relief sought by a motion filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We reverse the judgment in part, and remand for resentencing in compliance with Dorszynski v. United States, 418 U.S. 424, 94 S.Ct. 3042, 41 L.Ed.2d 855 (1974).

Appellant Anthony Ahgoom, an inmate of the El Reno Federal Reformatory, pled guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm under 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) which he had used to firebomb an Oklahoma City department store. Ahgoom was sentenced to an eight-year prison term.

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