United States Eighth Circuit

A conviction for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon is affirmed over claims of erroneous admission of evidence and that the district court erred in permitting the government to exercise its peremptory challenges to exclude two African-American jurors; defendant's sentence is vacated pursuant to a Booker claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/07/2006
• Published 06/07/2006

Judges

• COLLOTON, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, HEANEY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Janis C. Good, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas J. Mehan, argued, Asst. U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, MO, appellee.