Legal Opinion

United States v. Eddie S. Bell

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 26, 2006No. 04-3557PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Eddie Bell appeals the 100-month sentence imposed by the district court 1 after a jury convicted Bell of being a felon-in-possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The principal issue on appeal is whether Bell’s prior Missouri conviction for second-degree burglary of a commercial building was a “crime of violence,” producing a base offense level of 20 under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A). Bell further argues that we should remand his case for resentencing under the Supreme Court’s subsequent decision in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220,…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. United States v. Louis F. PiraniCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. LaBonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. United States v. StymiestCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  2. United States v. Kelley Joseph Legrand, Also Known as CasperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
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  4. United States v. Jeffrey Allen McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
  5. United States v. Richard MathisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015

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