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United States v. Betts

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 4, 2007No. 07-1068PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RILEY, Circuit Judge.

Dominique Betts (Betts) pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court 1 sentenced Betts to 120 months’ imprisonment, to run consecutive to Betts’s state sentences. Betts appeals. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On November 20, 2005, Betts was a patron at The Next Level Club (Club), an after-hours club in New Madrid, Missouri. Inside the Club, Kafern Williams (Williams) hit Betts on the chin, rendering Betts unconscious and opening a cut that later required eighteen stitches to close. Other patrons carried Betts…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. Louis F. PiraniCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  3. State v. ParkhurstSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  4. United States v. Susan Wintermute, United States of America v. Clarence StevensCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
  5. United States v. Solis-BermudezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. United States v. LegrosCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
  2. United States v. AzureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  3. United States v. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  4. United States v. BatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
  5. United States v. Alfonso TunleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012

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