Opinion ID: 725181
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: facts

Text: 2 On October 4, 1994, Appellant confronted a mail carrier during the course of his rounds. During the confrontation, Appellant produced a pistol and fired a shot that struck the ground one foot from the carrier. As a result, mail service was suspended to Appellants entire block for a four-day period. Appellant was indicted for forcibly assaulting a federal employee during the performance of his official duties in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a). 3 Appellant requested that the jury receive a lesser included offense instruction for 18 U.S.C. § 1701, obstruction of the mails. The district court refused and the jury found Appellant guilty. The pre-sentence report established Appellant's criminal history level at Category III and calculated his total offense level at 9. Those levels translated to a sentencing range of 8-14 months. 4 At the sentencing hearing, however, the district court departed upward under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3 from criminal history Category III to Category V. It also departed upward under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.7, increasing Appellants total offense level from 9 to 13. After adjustment, the applicable guideline range was 30-37 months. Appellant was sentenced to 36 months.