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U.S. v. SAYLES

No. 11-2782.

674 F.3d 1069 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis SAYLES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 28, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Moss , Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO ( Raymond C. Conrad, Jr. , Fed. Public Defender, on the brief), for appellant.

Justin G. Davids , Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO ( Beth Phillips , U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, BYE, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Louis Sayles pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). At sentencing, the district court applied United States Sentencing Guidelines § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A) to determine a base offense level and found a prior conviction for manslaughter qualified as a "crime of violence." Sayles challenged this determination, arguing that the mens rea for the earlier manslaughter...

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