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221759P.pdf 08/24/2023 United States v. Rufus Dennis
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-1759
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
[PUBLISHED] [Kobes, Author, with Shepherd and Stras, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. The evidence was sufficient
to support defendant's conviction for attempted Hobbs Act robbery;
however, his conviction for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a
crime of violence must be vacated - see U.S. v. Taylor, 142 S. Ct. 2015
(2022); defendant's convictions for being a felon in possession of a
firearm are affirmed; defendant's sentence is vacated and the matter
remanded for resentencing.