LITTLE ROCK—Kamron Leemonte Mathis, a multi-convicted felon, will spend more than 15 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down today by United States District Judge James M. Moody, Jr.
On October 11, 2023, Mathis, 27, of North Little Rock, pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Tuesday, Judge Moody sentenced Mathis to 188 months in the Bureau of Prisons to be followed by five years of supervised released. Mathis, whose prior felony convictions all involved firearms, was indicted on December 7, 2022, on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The maximum penalty Mathis faced was not less than 15 years to life in prison and a fine of $250,000. There is no parole in the federal system.
Classified as an armed career criminal, Mathis’ sentence was based on the offense as well as his documented violent criminal history. Mathis has a prior conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm as well as prior convictions for robbery on two different occasions, two counts of aggravated assault, and battery in the first degree.