United States v. Armon Fennel Diggs

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

After a jury found Armon Fennel Diggs guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), the district court 1 sentenced him to 303 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release. Diggs appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm.

I. Background

On August 1, 1993, Jermaine Etier invited Diggs to attend a dice game in their Des Moines neighborhood. Diggs took his thirteen-year-old son, Armón, Jr., to the game, which was held at Shylow Thompson’s house. During the course of the game, Diggs was robbed by one of the participants.…