United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony is affirmed where the district court was aware of the advisory nature of the guidelines and it utilized the Sentencing Guidelines cross reference for the limited purpose of first calculating an advisory guidelines range.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2010
• Published 06/08/2010

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, Chief Judge, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Douglas B. Altman, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy E. Brasel, AUSA, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.