Criminal Law: Felon in Possession of Firearm-Second Amendment Challenge-Facial and As-Applied Challenges

Staff Report//March 6, 2026//

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Defendant appealed the sentence imposed after he pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, raising facial and as-applied challenges to the statute of conviction under the Second Amendment.

Where defendant’s constitutional arguments were foreclosed by circuit precedent, the court affirmed his conviction.

Judgment is affirmed.

U.S. v. Espindola (MLW No. 84408/Case No. 24-3362 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Ebinger, J.

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