Criminal Law: Felon in Possession of Firearm-Calculation of Guidelines Range-Crime of Violence

Staff Report//July 9, 2026//

Staff Report//July 9, 2026//

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Defendant appealed the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, arguing that the district court erred in calculating his Guidelines range because his Minnesota conviction for third-degree murder was not a crime of violence.

Where defendant’s Minnesota offense substantially corresponded to the federal definition of generic murder, there was no error in considering it a crime of violence.

Judgment is affirmed.

U.S. v. Hayden (MLW No. 85047/Case No. 25-1880 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Schiltz, J.

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