Criminal Law : Sentencing –  Violent Felony – Arkansas Law

Where a defendant challenged his sentencing as an armed career criminal, the judgment is affirmed because the district court properly found that an aggravated assault on a family member in violation of an Arkansas law was a violent felony.

Judgment is affirmed.

U.S. v. Pyles (MLW No. 71643/Case No. 17-2116 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8^th Circuit, Loken, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Holmes III, J. (Anna Marie Williams, Fayetteville, Arkansas, argued for appellant) (Candace L. Taylor, Fort Smith, Arkansas, argued for appellee).

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