United States Eighth Circuit

A sentence imposed on remand for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where the district court properly determined that defendant's driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) offenses were violent felony convictions for purposes of a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence, and the Supreme Court's decision in James v. US, 127 S. Ct. 1586 (2007), did not undermine the ruling below.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/05/2007
• Published 11/05/2007

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BYE and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Felicia A. Jones, fpd, argued, St. Louis, MO, on the brief, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Keith D. Sorrell, ausa, Argued, Cape Girardeau, MO, on the brief, for Appellee.