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JONES v. U.S.

No. 10-5105.

689 F.3d 621 (2012)

Ricky JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

July 31, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Alistair E. Newbern , Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. , Erin M. Roth , United States Attorney's Office, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee. Ricky Jones, Beaver, West Virginia, pro se.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which COLE, J., joined. ROSE, D.J. (p. 628), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the result.

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Ricky Jones pleaded guilty on April 11, 2005, to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(1). He was classified as an armed career criminal based on three prior felony convictions and sentenced to a term of 188 months of imprisonment. One of those prior convictions was for reckless homicide under Kentucky law. Jones now...

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