United States v. Oscar

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Defendant Beaulieu's convictions for drug trafficking and firearms offenses, holding that the district court did not err in its answer to the jury's questions, and the government did not commit prosecutorial misconduct that prejudiced defendant's right to a fair trial. The court also affirmed Defendant Oscar's convictions for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm on two different dates. The court rejected defendants' claims that the district court erred during jury deliberations in regard to Juror 11, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Oscar's motion for severance. However, the court vacated Beaulieu’s sentence imposed under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), holding that he was not subject to the ACCA's enhanced penalties and was not an armed career criminal as defined under USSG 4B1.4(a). View "United States v. Oscar" on Justia Law