UNITED STATES v. STINES

No. 20-11035.

34 F.4th 1315 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Daniel STINES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: May 31, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eli Rubin , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, Nicole D. Mariani , Laura Thomas Rivero , U.S. Attorney Service — Southern District of Florida, U.S. Attorney Service — SFL, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Andell K. Brown , Andell Brown & Associates, PL, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Christopher Daniel Stines, Miami, FL, Pro Se.

Before Wilson, Luck, and Lagoa, Circuit Judges.


In this sentencing appeal, we interpret U.S.S.G. § 2M5.2(a)(2) for the first time in a published decision. That subsection sets a lower base offense level for defendants convicted of illegally exporting weapons if the offense involved only non-fully automatic small arms and there were no more than two weapons. The question...

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