Legal Opinion
United States v. Ryan Cornelison
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 21, 2013No. 12-2759PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
A jury convicted Ryan Cornelison of being a felon in possession of firearms. The district court 1 sentenced him to 120 months imprisonment with 3 years of supervised release and assessed a $12,000 fine in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 3571 and United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or Guidelines) § 5E1.2. Cornelison challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the district court’s decision to admit evidence of Cornelison’s prior conviction, two jury instructions, and the fine.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Starting around March of 2011, Cornelison lived in his grandfather’s house…
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