United States v. Hayes

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Marvin Hayes was convicted, pursuant to a plea of guilty, of the receipt of one or more firearms while under indictment in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(n). The district court1 sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment. Hayes appeals the sentence. We affirm.

At the time of his arrest by officers of the St. Louis, Missouri Metropolitan Police Department, Hayes was in possession of a .38 caliber handgun and was under a previously filed felony indictment in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis for First Degree Robbery and Armed Criminal Action. Hayes’s arrest led to…