United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for possessing a firearm from which the serial number had been removed or obliterated is affirmed over claims that: 1) a conviction tampering with a motor vehicle was not a crime of violence; and 2) his sentence was pronounced under mandatory guidelines in violation of Booker.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/05/2006
• Published 06/05/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, GRUENDER and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Nancy R. Price, Assistant Federal Public Defender, of Springfield, Missouri.   Also appearing on the brief was Raymond C. Conrad, Jr.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Richard E. Monroe, Assistant U.S. Attorney, of Springfield, Missouri. Also appearing on the brief was Todd P. Graves.