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Criminal Law: Felon in Possession of Firearm-Calculation of Guidelines Range-Crime of Violence
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (120+ words) Staff Report//July 9, 2026// Defendant appealed the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, arguing that the district court erred in calculating his Guidelines range because his Minnesota conviction for third-degree murder was…...
Criminal Law-Felon in Possession of Firearm-Below-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (115+ words) Missouri Lawyers Media Staff Report//July 1, 2026// Defendant appealed the below-Guidelines sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm after the district court varied downward, challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence. Where the…...
Criminal Law-Felon in Possession of Firearm-Above-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (115+ words) Missouri Lawyers Media Staff Report//July 1, 2026// Defendant appealed the above-Guidelines sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, challenging the district court's decision to impose an upward variance. Where the district court adequately…...
Criminal Law-Felon in Possession of Firearm-Upward Variance-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (117+ words) Missouri Lawyers Media Staff Report//June 24, 2026// Defendant'appealed'the above-Guidelines sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm after an upward variance, challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence." Where the district court had evidence…...
Criminal Law-Felon in Possession of Firearm-Second Amendment-Commerce Clause
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (74+ words) Missouri Lawyers Media Criminal Law-Felon in Possession of Firearm-Second Amendment-Commerce Clause Defendant appealed his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, challenging the constitutionality of the statute of conviction under the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause....