United States v. Smalls

FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit April 28, 2014 PUBLISH Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS TENTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 12-2145 PAUL OTHELLO SMALLS, Defendant-Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO (D.C. NO. 2:06-CR-02403-RB-1) Amy Sirignano, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Appellant.* Richard C. Williams, Assistant United States Attorney (Kenneth J. Gonzales, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Las Cruces, New Mexico, for Appellee. Before TYMKOVICH, BALDOCK, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges. TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge. ______________ * The Court