Legal Opinion
United States v. Randy Metcalf
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 2, 2018No. 16-4006PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWollman, Circuit Judge
A jury convicted Randy Joe Metcalf of committing a hate crime in violation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, 18 U.S.C. § 249(a)(1) (the Act). 1 The district court 2 sentenced Metcalf to the statutory maximum sentence pf 120 months’ imprisonment. Metcalf appeals, arguing that the Act is-unconstitutional because Congress lacked the authority to enact it under the Thirteenth Amendment. Metcalf also argues that the district court erred in denying his request for a proposed jury instruction on character evidence and that the evidence was insufficient…
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