Legal Opinion

United States v. Marcus Eason

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 14, 2016No. 15-1254PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Circuit Judge.

After a jury trial, Marcus Lamont Eason was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(1) (Count 1), and of being a felon in possession of ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(e)(1), and 3147(1) (Count 2). Eason appeals, challenging the district court’s exclusion of evidence he attempted to introduce at trial, the sufficiency of the evidence for his conviction on Count 2, and the application of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) at sentencing. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  4. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  5. Youngblood v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2006

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. United States v. Robert WinstonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2017
  2. United States v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2017
  3. United States v. Willie YatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
  4. United States v. WestCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
  5. William Lofton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019

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