United States Eighth Circuit

A sentence for possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon is affirmed over a challenge to a district court's determination that defendant's prior Missouri conviction for first-degree tampering with an automobile was a "violent felony" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. section 924(e)(1).

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/17/2007
• Published 08/17/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David R. Mercer, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Springfield, MO (Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.


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