Topic
Every decision we've filed under Firearms.
The Fourth Circuit vacated a defendant's sentence because the district court erred in applying a crime-of-violence enhancement based on a prior Virginia firearm offense. The court held that the statute did not require the use of physical force as an element, and the government failed to prove the error was harmless.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a federal firearms offender's prison sentence but vacated two conditions of supervised release. The court held that the district court erred by imposing a GED requirement and a computer search condition without pronouncing them at the sentencing hearing.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court order imposing a special condition of supervised release requiring mental health treatment. The appellate panel held that the defendant failed to demonstrate plain error because the record contained sufficient basis for the condition.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed nearly a year after the entry of a criminal judgment. The court held that the notice of appeal was untimely under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence found during a traffic stop. The court held that a large spiderweb crack across a vehicle's windshield provided probable cause to stop the driver under South Dakota law.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a Second Amendment challenge to Minnesota's firearm permit reciprocity statute. The court held that the reciprocity law does not regulate arms-bearing conduct and therefore fails at the first step of the Bruen framework.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Ijaz Oliver for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court found no meritorious grounds for appeal and determined the district court's sentence was reasonable under federal law.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a sixty-six-month sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm and upheld revocations of supervised release. The court remanded two related appeals to correct a clerical error in the judgment that listed violations not found by the district court.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment against a defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the defendant failed to meet his burden of proving he was not dangerous under the Second Amendment as-applied challenge.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a seventy-month prison sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm. The court found the district court acted within its discretion in calculating sentencing guidelines and weighing statutory factors.