United States Eighth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number is affirmed where: 1) there was sufficient evidence to support a conclusion that defendant possessed a handgun and constructively possessed a shotgun; 2) the district court properly found that a 1991 Missouri state conviction for tampering in the first degree was a crime of violence under the sentencing guidelines; 3) there was no error in a finding that he possessed a firearm in connection with another felony offense; and 4) the sentence imposed was not unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2007
• Published 04/20/2007

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stuart P. Huffman, Whiteaker & Wilson, Springfield, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher M. Nielson, Spec. Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO (Bradley J. Schlozman, U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.