U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2019

United States v. Stephen Gales

United States v. Stephen Gales
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Decided March 12, 2019

United States v. Stephen Gales

Opinion

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 19a0114n.06 Case No. 18-3811 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Mar 12, 2019 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED v. ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ) THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF STEPHEN GALES, ) OHIO AT AKRON ) Defendant-Appellant. )

BEFORE: KEITH, STRANCH, and DONALD, Circuit Judges.

BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, Circuit Judge. In this case, the defendant argues that his conviction for assault on a peace officer is not a crime of violence for sentencing purposes.

However, he acknowledges that in United States v. Evans, 699 F.3d 858, 863 (6th Cir. 2012), this Court held that a conviction for assault on a peace officer, in violation of Ohio Rev. Code. § 2903.13 (A)(1) and (C)(3) (the same code the defendant violated), is a crime of violence under United States Sentencing Guidelines § 2K2.1. Because a panel of this Court cannot overturn Evans, and there is no “intervening decision of the Supreme Court” that does so, we are not at liberty to find in the defendant’s favor, regardless of how persuasive his position may be. United States v. Havis, 907 F.3d 439, 442 (6th Cir. 2018). For that reason alone, we AFFIRM.

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