United States v. Raymond H. Hollis

Raymond Hollis appeals his sixty-month prison sentence imposed by the district court 1 after he was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Hollis argues the court erred when it concluded Hollis’s previous 1998 Missouri felony conviction for resisting arrest was a “crime of violence” under United States Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(a). We affirm.

We consider de novo whether Hollis’s prior conviction is a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a). See United States v. McCall, 439 F.3d 967, 969 (8th Cir.2006) (considering de novo whether a conviction for driving while…