Legal Opinion
United States v. Jimmy Lee Stuckey, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 9, 2000No. 00-1300PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
Jimmy Lee Stuckey, Jr., appeals both his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and the sentence he received. Stuckey challenges the conviction by claiming the district court erred during jury deliberations when it gave a supplemental instruction that stated a “person who has been convicted of a felony may not knowingly possess a firearm at any time,” even though the indictment had charged possession “on or about” a date certain. Stuckey challenges the sentence by claiming that four prior drug convictions stemming from a military court martial should not…
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