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Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Sexual Abuse-Jury Instructions-Mental State

U.S. v. Albert (MLW No. 80708/Case No. 22-3404 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa.

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Sentencing-Supervised Release-Rehabilitation

U.S. v. Moore (MLW No. 80714/Case No. 23-2125 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Sentencing-Substantive Reasonableness-Mitigating Factors

U.S. v. Davis (MLW No. 80710/Case No. 22-3631 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota.

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Sentencing-Offense Level-Substantive Reasonableness

U.S. v. Cooper (MLW No. 80722/Case No. 22-2816 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa.

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Sentencing-Mitigating Factors-Policy

U.S. v. Sweat (MLW No. 80724/Case No. 22-3472 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas.

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Sentencing-Additional Evidence-Reopened Record

U.S. v. Combs (MLW No. 80725/Case No. 22-3556 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa.

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Receiving Child Pornography-Reasonableness of Sentence-Use of Sentencing Commission Data

U.S. v. Crawford (MLW No. 80696/Case No. 22-2018 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Clark, J.

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Possession of Firearm by Felon-Armed Career Criminal Designation-Predicate Offenses

U.S. v. Willis (MLW No. 80700/Case No. 23-1343 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Frank, J.

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Perjury-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence-Sentencing Discretion

U.S. v. Jenkins (MLW No. 80694/Case No. 23-2702 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Rose, J.

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Motion To Suppress-Automobile Exception-Probable Cause

U.S. v. Mitchell (MLW No. 80709/Case No. 22-3616 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Firearms Offense-Increased Base Offense Level-Prior Criminal Offenses

U.S. v. Bailey (MLW No. 80697/Case No. 22-3394 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Williams, J. (Nova D. Janssen, AFPD, of Des Moines, IA for appellant) (Dan Chatham, AUSA, of Cedar Rapids, IA for appellee)

Nov 13, 2023

Criminal Law: Firearms Offense-Guidelines Cross-Reference-Knowledge of Immigration Status

U.S. v. Jawher (MLW No. 80686/Case No. 22-2844 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Autrey, J. (Haralambos Dimitrios Mihas, of Wyandotte, MI for appellant) (Nino Przulj, AUSA, of St. Louis, MO for appellee)

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