Legal Opinion

United States v. Delvonn Battle

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 22, 2014No. 13-3134PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Delvonn Battle was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court 1 sentenced him to 120 months imprisonment. Battle challenges his conviction and sentence. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I. Background

We recount the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. United States v. Stevens, 439 F.3d 983, 986 (8th Cir.2006). On January 13, 2012, two Waterloo, Iowa police officers, Michael Girsch and Spencer Gann, were conducting surveillance on an apartment complex where they…

2Cases cited48 opinions

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