· 4/20/1990
United States v. Harry McNeal Also Known as Major Thompson, Also Known as Robert Lee
Citations
- 900 F.2d 119
- 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 6229
- 1990 WL 47218
How courts have described this case
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- holding that jury could reasonably infer that a defendant had possessed a firearm from circumstantial evidence that he had fired the weapon
- firing a gun from a car without targeting anyone is a crime of violence
- felon in possession is crime of violence for purpose of career offender guideline where defendant actually fired the weapon
- evidence that gun had been fired considered in finding that felon in possession of firearm is crime of violence
- circumstantial evidence was sufficient to establish that defendant knowingly possessed gun found in his car after police heard shots and then saw defendant’s car traveling at high speed from direction where shots were fired
- listing Gubin as McNeal's counsel on appeal
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Cummings, Posner, Manion
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