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Criminal: Robbery-Sufficiency of Evidence
Staff Report//January 2, 2019
Where a defendant challenged his sentence and convictions for offenses including marijuana distribution, Hobbs Act robbery and using and carrying a firearm, the evidence was sufficient to establish a drug conspiracy, and the judgment is affirmed because the government introduced significant circumstantial evidence to support the robbery conviction and sufficient evidence to support the firearm convictions, and the sentence also is affirmed because the defendant was not prejudiced by plain error in the statutory maximum finding.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Williams (MLW No.72466/Case No. 17-3040 – 16 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Jarvey, J. (Heather Quick, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, argued for appellant) (Bradley Price argued for appellee).
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