Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Lee McDile
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1990No. 90-1395PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
The sole issue in this ease is whether the trial court properly applied 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), which requires a fifteen year minimum sentence if a defendant convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm is demonstrated to have three previous predicate convictions of violent felonies or serious drug offenses. We find that the statute was properly applied and affirm the judgment and sentence of the trial judge. 1
In the early morning hours of May 31, 1988, the defendant-appellant McDile began randomly firing a pistol from the second story porch of a St. Louis apartment in which his girl…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. John J. Gillies, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Samuel PettyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Michael C. WicksCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Samuel PettyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- United States of America, Willie Herbert, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by28 opinions
- United States v. Coyette Deon JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
- John Louis Rodriguez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Otto Pace, Travis D. Leonard, and Clifton Andrew CarterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Lem HughesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Pamela Golinveaux v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019
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