United States v. Larry D. Hughes

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Larry D. Hughes guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Defense counsel did not object to the presen-tence report (PSR), which recommended that Hughes’s offense level be reduced by two levels for acceptance of responsibility under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 3El.l(a) because he went to trial to assert and preserve issues that did not relate to his factual guilt.

The district court 2 adopted the PSR, resulting in a Guidelines imprisonment range of twenty-one to twenty-seven months, and sentenced Hughes…