U.S. v. BOYD

No. 18-3528.

956 F.3d 988 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gerard BOYD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Celeste K. Johns , Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Springfield, MO ( Laine Cardarella , Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.

James J. Kelleher , Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO ( Timothy A. Garrison , U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.

Before SHEPHERD, GRASZ, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


Gerard Boyd pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court1 varied upward from his Sentencing Guidelines range and sentenced him to 42 months in prison. Boyd argues his sentence is procedurally flawed and substantively unreasonable. We...

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