UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS January 24, 2024

Christopher M. Wolpert FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court _________________________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v. No. 22-7048

MONTELITO SANCHEZ SIMPKINS,

Defendant - Appellant. _________________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (D.C. No. 6:21-CR-00220-DCJ-1) _________________________________

Nicole Dawn Herron, Research and Writing Specialist (Scott Graham, Federal Public Defender; Douglas G. Smith, II, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with her on the briefs), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Muskogee, Oklahoma, for Defendant- Appellant.

Lisa C. Williams, Special Assistant United States Attorney (Christopher J. Wilson, United State