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U.S. v. BEGAY

No. 19-2022.

974 F.3d 1172 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick Calvin BEGAY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed September 11, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:*

Brian A. Pori , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Defendant-Appellant.

John C. Anderson , United States Attorney, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before LUCERO, MURPHY, and EID, Circuit Judges.

This case involves disparities in the sentences received by Native Americans in federal court for aggravated assault as compared to state-court sentences for similar conduct. Although we are sympathetic to Begay's argument that but for an "an accident of history and geography," he would have received a lighter sentence, we...

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