U.S. v. MENDEZ

No. 18-1259.

924 F.3d 1122 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Armando MENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed May 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard A. Pincus , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Denver Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.

Paul Farley , Assistant United States Attorney, ( Jason R. Dunn , United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HARTZ, SEYMOUR, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


Armando Mendez appeals the sentence imposed after he pled guilty in 2018 to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms. On appeal, he contends his sentence was improperly inflated because the district court held that a prior conviction for attempted robbery in Colorado qualified...

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