United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Antonio L. Forrest, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant

OPINION

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is a federal criminal case that stems from the armed robbery of a convenience store by the defendant and two others. Found guilty by a jury, the defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for one year on a Hobbs Act charge and seven years — the statutorily mandated minimum- — -on a charge of brandishing a firearm in the commission of the robbery.

The Hobbs Act sentence reflected both a reduction in the defendant’s sentencing guidelines offense level for acceptance of responsibility and a downward departure from the guideline range. The departure was…