Legal Opinion
United States v. Kedrick Hawkins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1995No. 94-11015PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Kedrick Hawkins (“Hawkins”) was found guilty by a jury of the offense felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He was sentenced to a term of one-hundred-twenty (120) months in prison, three (3) years supervised release and a $50.00 special assessment. He appealed, bringing two points of error relating to his sentence.
BACKGROUND
Hawkins’s presentence report (PSR) stated that Hawkins’s crime carried a base offense level of 24 under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(2) because he had two prior felony convictions for crimes of violence,…
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