United States v. Patterson

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Local' police caught Luke Patterson driving around Akron, Ohio, with a stolen pistol in the driver’s door. That earned him convictions under Ohio law for receiving stolen property and driving under suspension. That was not all. Ohioans, like most Americans, also must answer to a separate sovereign: the federal government: In connection with the same incident, Patterson also pleaded guilty under federal law to being a felon in possession of a firearm. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). When it came time for sentencing, the district court counted several prior Ohio convictions…