UNITED STATES v. ADAMS

No. 21-3043.

40 F.4th 1162 (2022)

UNITED STATES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Briar Clayton Eugene ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED July 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melody Brannon , Kansas Federal Public Defender ( Daniel T. Hansmeier , Appellate Chief, with her on the briefs), Kansas City, Kansas, for Defendant-Appellant.

Bryan C. Clark , Assistant United States Attorney, District of Kansas ( Duston J. Slinkard , Acting United States Attorney, and James A. Brown , Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the briefs), Kansas City, Kansas, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BACHARACH, EBEL, and CARSON, Circuit Judges.


This appeal involves a challenge to a criminal sentence for unlawfully possessing a firearm. In deciding the sentence, the district court started with the federal sentencing guidelines. Under the guidelines, a prior conviction for a crime of violence would increase the base-offense level. U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(4).

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