U.S. v. LARA-RUIZ

No. 13-3509.

781 F.3d 919 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Gilberto LARA-RUIZ, also known as Hill, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cenobio Lozano, Jr. , Harrisonville, MO, argued, for appellant.

Bruce A. Rhoades , Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued ( Tammy Dickinson , U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Gilberto Lara-Ruiz, for the third time, appeals his sentence for using a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i). We conclude that the district court1 properly resentenced Lara-Ruiz using the five-year statutory minimum and discussed the sentencing...

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