Legal Opinion

United States v. Robin Dwane Schaffer, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 12, 2016No. 15-2571PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Robin Schaffer 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 enhanced his sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), ,18 U.S.C. § 924(e), based on his three prior violent felony convictions and sentenced him to 180 months. Schaffer appeals, arguing that his prior conviction for felony domestic assault is not a violent felony under the ACCA. We affirm.

Schaffer pled guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The government argued at his sentencing hearing that he had three prior…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  2. United States v. CastlemanSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
  3. United States v. Antonio RiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
  4. United States v. Terys BooseCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
  5. Darold Maxfield v. Cintas Corporation, No. 2Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007

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3Cited by29 opinions

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