U.S. v. WITHERSPOON

No. 19-3094.

974 F.3d 876 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Courtney WITHERSPOON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sayler Anne Ault Fleming , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO, Cassandra J. Wiemken , U.S. Attorney's Office, Louisville, KY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Bradley Scott Dede , Bradley S. Dede, L.L.C., Saint Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.

Courtney Witherspoon, Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis, TN, Pro Se.

Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


Courtney Witherspoon pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The Presentence Investigation Report ("PSR") recommended that he be sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") because he had three prior qualifying convictions, a 1997 Missouri "violent felony...

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