context: Missouri law prohibits as one of several "unlawful uses of weapons" the knowing "[e]xhibit[ion], in the presence of one or more persons, [of] any weapon readily capable of lethal use in an angry or threatening manner." # Mo.Rev.Stat. SS 570.030.1(4). Violation of this provision constitutes a class D felony punishable by up to four years -in prison.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 557 F.3d 617, 617-18
citation_a.parenthetical: looking to state supreme court decisions to determine whether defendant had committed a "felony offense" under USSG SS 2K2.1(b
citation_a.sentence: See Littrell, 557 F.3d at 617-18 (looking to state supreme court decisions to determine whether defendant had committed a “felony offense” under USSG § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B)); see also Johnson v. United States, 559 U.S. 133, 138, 130 S.Ct. 1265, 176 L.Ed.2d 1 (2010) (acknowledging that federal courts applying sentencing enhancements under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), are “bound by” state-court interpretations of state criminal statutes).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: acknowledging that federal courts applying sentencing enhancements under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. SS 924(e)(1), are "bound by" state-court interpretations of state criminal statutes
citation_b.sentence: See Littrell, 557 F.3d at 617-18 (looking to state supreme court decisions to determine whether defendant had committed a “felony offense” under USSG § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B)); see also Johnson v. United States, 559 U.S. 133, 138, 130 S.Ct. 1265, 176 L.Ed.2d 1 (2010) (acknowledging that federal courts applying sentencing enhancements under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), are “bound by” state-court interpretations of state criminal statutes).