Legal Opinion
Brandon Buster v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 23, 2006No. 19-1140PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
Brandon Buster (Buster) appeals the district court’s 1 denial of Buster’s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Through advice of counsel, Buster pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A) and 846; and one count of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9).
Section 922(g)(9) makes it a crime for a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence to possess a firearm.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Shawn Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Shon Lamar Sanders v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. SheltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. DenisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- United States v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
- United States v. Rodney HarrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
- Deltoro-Aguilera v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
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