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UNITED STATES v. CRUZ

No. 21-2788.

38 F.4th 729 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Ruben Joe CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 5, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who represented the appellant was Bryan Dean , AFPD, of Bismarck, ND.

Counsel who represented the appellee was Christopher C. Myers , AUSA, of Fargo, ND.

Before COLLOTON, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

When officers with a warrant arrived at a home to arrest Ruben Cruz on drug charges, he donned black clothes, fled, and shot an officer. A second officer returned fire and shot Cruz. Cruz later pleaded guilty to several drug and firearm offenses. Taking into account a mandatory consecutive 10-year sentence pursuant to 18 U...

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