Desmond Deon Jones, convicted as a felon unlawfully in possession of a firearm, challenges his sentence, contending that the district court erred in concluding that his prior federal conviction for escaping from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons by leaving a halfway house was a "crime of violence" within the meaning of Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(a).
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U.S. v. JONES
No. 12-40877.
752 F.3d 1039 (2014)
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Desmond Deon JONES, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 12, 2014.
June 12, 2014.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Julia Bowen Stem , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Renata Ann Gowie , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eileen K. Wilson , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Timothy William Crooks , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Margaret Christina Ling , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Molly Estelle Odom, Esq. , Assistant Federal Public, Federal Public Defender's Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, OWEN, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
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