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Criminal Law: Robbery-Ineffective Assistance of Plea Counsel
Defendant appealed from the denial of his motion to set aside his convictions for robbery and armed criminal action. Defendant alleged ineffective assistance of plea counsel in failing to act […]
Criminal: Robbery-Ineffective Assistance of Trial Counsel
Defendant appealed from the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief, in which he argued that trial counsel was ineffective in his robbery trial by pursuing as his sole defense […]
Criminal Law: Sentencing-Prior Convictions-Robbery
Where a defendant challenged the application of the Armed Career Criminal Act to his sentence, the Missouri second-degree robbery statute satisfied the force clause of the act, so the district […]
Criminal Law: Robbery-Diminished Capacity-Mental Disease
Where defendant challenged his convictions for first-degree robbery and armed criminal action, the judgment is affirmed because the defendant failed to show that he suffered from a diminished capacity at […]
Criminal Law: Robbery-Ballistics Expert-Propensity Evidence
Where a defendant challenged his convictions for robbery and armed criminal action, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying his motion to exclude gun and ballistics conclusions […]
Criminal Law: Sentencing-ACCA-Robbery
Where a defendant challenged his sentence in a robbery case, the judgment is affirmed because the defendant’s Minnesota conviction for first-degree aggravated robbery constituted a crime of violence for purposes […]
Criminal Law: Robbery-Jury Instruction-‘Dangerous Instrument’
Where a defendant challenged his conviction for first-degree robbery, the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction, but the trial court erred by omitting the definition of “dangerous instrument” from […]
Criminal Law: Robbery-Hobbs Act-Crime of Violence
Where a defendant who was convicted of robbery under the Hobbs Act and unlawful possession of a weapon challenged the admission of evidence of him wearing clothes similar to those […]
Criminal Law: Robbery-Motion to Vacate Conviction-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Defendant pled guilty to robbery. Thereafter, defendant moved to vacate his conviction, alleging his counsel was ineffective for misadvising defendant about the immigration consequences of a guilty plea. The […]
Criminal Law: Robbery-Violation of Supervised Release-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
Defendant committed a robbery while on supervised release from a prior bank robbery conviction. The district court sentenced defendant to an upward variance from the guidelines range. On appeal, […]
Criminal Law: Robbery-Facebook Video Evidence-Aiding and Abetting
Where a defendant who was found guilty of bank robbery challenged the admission of Facebook videos that showed him displaying guns and ammunition, the district court did not err in […]
Criminal Law: Robbery-Armed Career Criminal-Predicate Offense
Defendant moved to vacate his sentence, challenging application of the Armed Career Criminal Act. Defendant argued that his prior Missouri conviction for robbery did not qualify as a predicate offense […]
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