United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's firearm possession sentence is affirmed where the district court's inference of a sufficient nexus between defendant and the firearm at issue was not clearly erroneous, because a factfinder could draw the reasonable inference that defendant and his companions knew the loaded rifle at issue was in the trunk of defendant's car.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/16/2009
• Published 09/16/2009

Judges

• ROSENBAUM, District Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judge, and ROSENBAUM,District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian S. Witherspoon, AFPD, argued, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Joseph Mehan, AUSA, argued, St. Louis, MO, for Appellee.