Legal Opinion

United States v. Hubbard

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 20, 2011No. 09-3788PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Reginald Scott Hubbard guilty on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The district court 1 sentenced Hubbard to 96 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Hubbard argues that (1) he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel told him that the district court would not allow him to testify in his own defense and (2) the district court abused its discretion by imposing a sentence that was substantively unreasonable. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. United States v. FeemsterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  4. United States v. Rene Ramirez-HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
  5. United States v. Keith WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  3. United States v. Juan JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
  4. United States v. Sanchez-GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
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