UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

No. 05-1047
v.	(D. Colorado)
LONNIE LEE TUNCAP,

Defendant - Appellant.	(D.C. No. 04-CR-121-WM)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before SEYMOUR, HARTZ, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.

Defendant Lonnie Lee Tuncap pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The Presentence Report (PSR) recommended a base offense level of 24, see United States Sentencing Guidelines (USSG) § 2K2.1(a)(2), because it concluded that Mr. Tuncap's two prior Colorado convictions for third-degree assault were crimes of violence, see USSG § 4B1.2. After the adjustment for acceptance of responsibility, see USSG § 3E1.1, Mr. Tuncap's total offense level of 21 and criminal history category V yielded a guidelines range of 70 to 87 months.

Mr. Tuncap filed a motion objecting to the PSR's recommendations on the grounds that the prior Colorado convictions for third-degree assault were not crimes of violence and that using the prior convictions to enhance his sentence violated Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004). He also filed a motion for downward departure, arguing that using the two prior Colorado convictions to enhance his sentence took his case out of the heartland of § 2K2.1.

At the sentencing hearing the district court overruled Mr. Tuncap's objections and denied the motion for downward departure. The court, at the behest of both Mr. Tuncap and the government, and noting that it was "constrained by the law," sentenced Mr. Tuncap to the 70-month guidelines minimum. R. Vol. II at 13.

On January 12, 2005, five days after the January 7, 2005, sentencing hearing, the Supreme Court handed down United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. __, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005). That same day, Mr. Tuncap filed a motion to correct the sentence. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(a). He filed his notice of appeal on January 19, 2005. On April 1, 2005, the district court held a hearing on Mr. Tuncap's motion and concluded that it did not have jurisdiction because Fed. R. Crim. P. 35 allowed for correction of sentence only within seven days of sentencing, a period long past.

On appeal Mr. Tuncap argues that the district court erred when it found that his two prior Colorado convictions for third-degree assault were crimes of violence. He also asserts that his case must be remanded for resentencing because there was error under Booker and the error was not harmless. The government argues that the district court properly concluded that the Colorado convictions were crimes of violence, but it concedes that United States v. Labistida-Segura, 396 F.3d 1140 (10th Cir. 2005), requires Mr. Tuncap's case to be remanded for resentencing.

We agree that Labistida controls, and we REMAND to the district court for resentencing. The question whether third-degree assault is a crime of violence was resolved in United States v. Paxton, 04-1427 (10th Cir. Sept. 9, 2005).

ENTERED FOR THE COURT

Harris L Hartz

Circuit Judge