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Timestamp: 2020-08-14 08:02:02
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 846', '§ 1956', '§ 4', '§ 1291', '§ 569', '§ 571', '§ 4']

FindACase™ | United States v. Miranda-Zarco
Ismael Miranda-Zarco, Defendant-Appellant
Ismael Miranda-Zarco pled guilty to two conspiracies: to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A); and to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (a)(1)(B)(i) and (h). He appeals the addition of one criminal-history point under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court vacates the sentence and remands.
In 2001, for the same act, Miranda-Zarco pled guilty to first-degree robbery and armed criminal action (ACA). See § 569.020 RSMo (robbery in the first degree); § 571.015 RSMo (ACA). "According to court records" he, "acting with another, forcibly stole U.S. currency in the possession of Pizza-Hut-DeSoto, and in the course thereof defendant, acting with another, displayed what appeared to be a deadly weapon." He received 10 years in prison for the robbery, and a concurrent three years for the ACA.
The district court added three criminal-history points for the robbery conviction under § 4A1.1(a), as authorized for a prior sentence of imprisonment exceeding one year and one month. Guideline 4A.1.1(e) then says to "add 1 point for each prior sentence resulting from a conviction of a crime of violence that did not receive any points under (a), (b), or (c) above because such sentence was treated as a single sentence . . . ." Accordingly, for the ACA conviction, the court added one point. Miranda-Zarco objects to the ACA point, claiming because the ACA arose out of the same conduct as the burglary, it cannot be counted separately.
&sect; 569.020 RSMo. An ACA violation occurs when a person commits any felony "by, with, or through the use, assistance, or aid of a dangerous instrument or deadly weapon . . . ." &sect; 571.015 RSMo. An ACA punishment is "in addition to" the punishment for the underlying felony. Id. The Supreme Court of Missouri has held that robbery and armed criminal action "are not the same offense" for purposes of multiple prosecution because "the expressed intent of the legislature" is to punish the offenses cumulatively. State v. Flenoy, 968 S.W.2d 141, 144-45 (Mo. banc 1998), citing Missouri v. Hunter, 459 U.S. 359, 367 (1983). The district court correctly rejected Miranda-Zarco&#39;s claim. See United States v. Watson, 65 ...