Thomas R. Jones v. United States

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• twelve-year sentence was illegal because it exceeded the ten-year statutory maximum for the offense
• “Under the plain error doctrine, appellant must establish (1) that the trial judge committed error; (2) that the error was plain, i.e., clear or obvious; (3) that the error affected his substantial rights; and (4
• “Given the likelihood that the gun previously seen in appellant’s possession was of the same distinctive type used in the charged offenses, it was less concerning that the prior sightings may have occurred several months, or even a year, before the charged offenses.”
• “Given the likelihood that the gun previously seen in appellant’s possession was of the same distinctive type 26 used in the charged offenses, it was less concerning that the prior sightings may have occurred several months, or even a year, before the charged offenses.”

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