Topic
Every decision we've filed under Firearms.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court rejected constitutional challenges to the statute and found no error in the district court's sentencing calculation.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The court found that while the district court may have erred in applying an enhanced base offense level, the error did not affect the defendant's substantial rights.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a one hundred forty month prison sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing an upward variance based on the defendant's repeated dangerous conduct.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea by a felon in possession of a firearm. The court also upheld the classification of the defendant's prior bank robbery conviction as a crime of violence for sentencing purposes.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment denying a motion to dismiss an indictment for possessing a machinegun conversion device. The court held that machineguns are not protected by the Second Amendment as weapons in common use for lawful purposes.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a defendant convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court rejected the defendant's Second Amendment challenge and found no abuse of discretion in the sentencing decision.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a within-Guidelines sentence for a defendant convicted of firearm offenses. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in applying a sentencing enhancement for inducing a prohibited person to receive firearms.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment challenging the constitutionality of a federal firearm statute. The court held that the defendant's Second Amendment argument was foreclosed by binding circuit precedent.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a felon-in-possession conviction, ruling that prior panel precedent forecloses challenges to the federal firearms statute under the Second Amendment and Commerce Clause. The court directed the appellant to seek relief from the en banc court if he disagrees with established circuit law.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part and dismissed in part the sentence imposed on Michael Windom for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that Windom's appeal waiver barred his challenge to the procedural reasonableness of his sentence, while finding no material discrepancy between his oral and written supervised release conditions.