Legal Opinion

United States v. Antwaen D. Reliford

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 26, 2006No. 06-1840PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Antwaen Reliford pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). At sentencing, the district court 1 concluded that he is an armed career criminal, making him subject to a mandatory minimum fifteen-year prison sentence and an advisory guidelines base offense level of 34. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e); U.S.S.G. § 4B1.4(b)(3)(A). The court sentenced Reliford to 188 months in prison, the bottom of his advisory guidelines range. Re-liford appeals, arguing that the government failed to prove that his prior state court convictions for…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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  2. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by20 opinions

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