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163886P.pdf 01/25/2018 United States v. Randall Steward
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-3886
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
[PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in determining
that defendant's Oklahoma voluntary manslaughter conviction qualified as a
crime of violence under the 2015 Guidelines; the offense also qualified as
a crime of violence under the 2016 Guidelines; because the offense
qualified as a crime of violence under both versions of the Guidelines
(the one in effect when defendant committed the instant offense and the
one in effect at the time of his sentencing), there was no Ex Post Facto
Clause issue as to application of the 2016 Guidelines, and defendant was
properly sentenced as a career offender.