Court Opinion

ID: 9487340
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 12:14:18.657142+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:52:13.191224
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WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge,
concurring and dissenting.
Because I believe that the facts giving rise to the three firearms offenses constituted discrete offenses rather than the same course of conduct, the ex post facto clause, as explained in United States v. Bell, 991 F.2d 1445 (8th Cir.1993), mandates that the pre-November 1, 1991, version of the Guidelines be applied to Counts I and II. Whether the sentence ultimately imposed upon Cooper would be any different is hard to say, for I agree that the post-November 1,1991, grouping rules should be applied to all three counts.
I concur in Parts II and III of the court’s opinion.