United States v. Pyles, No. 17-2116 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 180 month sentence after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the district court did not err in concluding that defendant's prior conviction for aggravated assault on a family member in violation of Ark. Code Ann. Sec. 5-26-306(a)(3) was a violent felony for purposes of sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Therefore, defendant had three prior violent felony convictions and could be sentenced under the mandatory minimum sentence pursuant to the Act.
Court Description: Loken, Author, with Beam and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in concluding that defendant's conviction for aggravated assault on a family member in violation of Ark. Code Ann. Sec. 5-26-306(a)(3) was a violent felony for purposes of sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act.
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