Where a defendant argued that a California conviction did not qualify as a prior conviction for a “felony drug offense” as required for an enhanced sentence, the California conviction qualified as a “felony drug offense” even though the offense was ...

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Where a defendant in a felon-in-possession case challenged whether he had been convicted of a felony under Iowa law at the time that he possessed guns because he had not yet been sentenced, the government failed to prove that he ...

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Where a defendant in a felon-in-possession case challenged his sentence, a previous conviction for common-law robbery was a crime of violence under the elements clause, so the sentence is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Morris (MLW No. 73827/Case No. ...

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  Petitioner, a Salvadoran citizen, petitioned for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ dismissal of petitioner’s appeal of an immigration judge’s decision denying petitioner withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture and denying petitioner’s motion to ...

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U.S. v. Williams (MLW No. 71984/Case No. 17-1632 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

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U.S. v. Grace (MLW No. 71769/Case No.17-1572 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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U.S. v. Loyd (MLW No. 71508/Case No. 16-4150 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

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U.S. v. Peeples (MLW No. 71314/Case No. 16-4039 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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State v. Rohra (MLW No. 71186/Case No. ED105084 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Van Amburg, J.)

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U.S. v. Boman (MLW No. 71122/Case No. 14-3312 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)

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U.S. v. Gauld (MLW No. 70849/Case No. 15-1690 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

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