Sentencing — crime of violence
Posted December 16, 2020 11:13 AM
Where defendant threatened victim with metal bat during aggravated assault in Iowa, resulting conviction qualified as a crime of violence for purpose of enhanced base level for conviction on possessing firearm as a felon.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by Chief Judge Sara Darrow, Central District of Illinois. In November 2016, Brennen Smith worked as a salesman at Lindquist Ford in Bettendorf, Iowa. When he started at the job, Smith was given a master key that opened a lockbox that held keys to …
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