Legal Opinion
United States v. Keatings
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 16, 2015No. 14-1499PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
The district court1 gave Kenneth Keatings a choice for his felon in possession of a firearm conviction — a year and a day in prison or five years on probation. The probationary sentence came with a caveat; if he violated the terms of his probation, he could face ten years in prison, the statutory maximum for his crime. Keatings chose the probation. Just four months after receiving this sentence, Keatings was back in front of the district court accused of probation violations — the use of cocaine and the consumption of alcohol. The court imposed the threatened ten-year…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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