Felon In Possession Sentence Affirmed

In US v. Nash, No. 09-3796, the court affirmed defendant’s sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm, holding that 1) defendant’s 1995 adjudication for First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct under Minnesota’s Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction (EJJ) was not a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. section 924(e); 2) because the firearm defendant possessed in Minnesota was manufactured in Massachusetts, there was a sufficient interstate nexus to provide federal jurisdiction; and 3) given defendant’s violent and extensive criminal history, as well as the district court’s consideration of the sentencing factors, the imposed sentence was substantively reasonable.

 

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  • Read the Eighth Circuit’s Decision in US v. Nash, No. 09-3796

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