Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//September 11, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Tyrone Miller

Case No.: 17-3514

Officials: SYKES, HAMILTON, and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence

Tyrone Miller was arrested after police found him unconscious behind the wheel of his car, which he had crashed into a street light. At the jail, an officer pulled him from the squad car and found a handgun on the floor where his feet had been. A jury found Miller guilty of possessing a firearm as a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and he was sentenced to 87 months in prison. On appeal, he argues that his conviction is not supported by sufficient evidence, and that his sentence is based on an erroneous understanding of his criminal history. We affirm Miller’s conviction but vacate his sentence because it is based on an inaccurate count of his past felony convictions.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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