U.S. v. SNYDER

No. 16-8108.

852 F.3d 972 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Howard SNYDER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed March 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia L. Grady , Federal Public Defender, and Ryan K. Melcher , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Appellant.

John R. Green , Acting United States Attorney, and Jason M. Conder , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Lander, Wyoming, for Appellee.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, HOLMES, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


This appeal requires us to consider whether Robert Snyder's prior conviction for voluntary manslaughter is a "crime of violence" as defined in § 4B1.2(a)(2) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (USSG). Based on the Supreme Court's recent decision in Beckles v. United States, ___ U.S. ___,

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