U.S. v. PETTIS

No. 16-3988.

888 F.3d 962 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Charles Lynch PETTIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa D. Kirkpatrick , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Saint Paul, MN, Jeffrey S. Paulsen , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, District of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Katherine Nicole Arnold , Michael Rowe , Rabea Jamal Zayed , DORSEY & WHITNEY, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Charles Lynch Pettis, Atlanta, GA, Pro Se.

Before LOKEN, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


Charles Pettis pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). At sentencing, the Government argued that Pettis qualified as an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) based on six predicate convictions under Minnesota law: three for simple robbery, two...

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