Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Gene Brown
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 9, 2005No. 04-2156PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
In August 2002, while executing a consent search, the Cape Girardeau sheriff uncovered 91 rounds of ammunition at the residence of Ronald Gene Brown. A jury convicted Brown of being a felon in possession of ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court 1 sentenced him to 188 months imprisonment as an armed career criminal.
Brown appeals, arguing that the state restored his rights so that he has not been “convicted” of a prior felony, and that the sentence was improper as his prior convictions were not “serious drug offenses.” This court reviews…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Caron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- United States v. Bobby Marvin CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. John Morgan MeeksCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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