Legal Opinion
United States v. Lathan Matrell Barnett
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 14, 2005No. 04-3213PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
The government appeals from the sentence imposed upon Lathan Matrell Barnett by the district court. We reverse and remand for resentencing.
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On October 8, 2002, Barnett fatally shot 17-year-old Shelley. Gonnerman in an apartment in Sheldon, Iowa. Barnett immediately left the apartment, 1 but soon returned to retrieve the sawed-off shotgun that he had used to kill Gonnerman before fleeing the scene once again. Barnett later returned to the apartment a second time and led police officers to the site where he had- abandoned the shotgun, which- had a partially obliterated…
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