Legal Opinion
United States v. Mooney
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 25, 2008No. 07-1701PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, District Judge.
George Mooney pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). The district court 2 sentenced Mooney to 200 months of imprisonment. Mooney appeals this sentence, arguing that the district court erroneously applied the Sentencing Guidelines as mandatory, failed to consider the sentencing factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), and imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence. We affirm.
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On July 3, 2005, Mooney stole a .25-caliber pistol from the owner of the home where he was residing. He then traded the pistol…
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