United States v. Williams

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The Eighth Circuit affirmed Defendants Williams and Jefferson's sentences imposed after they each pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony. The court held that Williams' prior Minnesota conviction for simple robbery qualified as a crime of violence, and his prior conviction for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime qualified as a controlled substance offense for purposes of sentencing under USSG 4B1.2(b)cmt. n. 1.The court also held that Jefferson's within-guidelines sentence was not substantively unreasonable, because it was not unconstitutional and the district court did not abuse its discretion by imposing a three-year term of supervised release. View "United States v. Williams" on Justia Law