Opinion ID: 4525186
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Heading: 2015 Federal Conviction and Sentence

Text: After a guilty plea, Bryant was convicted of making false statements in the attempted acquisition of a firearm. The district court sentenced Bryant to 33 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release. The facts of Bryant’s federal firearm offense involved Bryant’s attempt to buy a 12 gauge shotgun at a pawn shop in Pensacola, Florida. In doing so, Bryant lied on an ATF form by stating that he had never been convicted of a felony for which the judge could have imposed a prison sentence of more than one year and that he had never been a fugitive from justice. In fact, in 1999, when Bryant was 18 years old, he was convicted in Washington state of second-degree attempted murder, for which he had received a 175.5-month prison sentence. After being released from Washington state custody and placed on probation, Bryant absconded. On February 25, 2014, Bryant’s Washington state probation officer 2 Case: 19-12517 Date Filed: 04/14/2020 Page: 3 of 22 sought a bench warrant for Bryant’s arrest. That arrest warrant was still outstanding when Bryant committed the federal firearm offense in Pensacola. After being release from prison again, Bryant began his three-year supervised released term on May 19, 2017. As mandatory conditions of his supervised release, Bryant was prohibited from committing another federal, state, or local crime, from unlawfully using controlled substances, and from possessing a firearm, destructive device, or any other dangerous weapon. In addition, Bryant was required to submit to periodic drug tests and was prohibited from associating with convicted felons.