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153721P.pdf   08/08/2016  United States  v.  Jeffrey Belmont
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3721
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [PUBLISHED] Benton, Author, with Wollman and Loken, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal Case - conviction. On charge of engaging in the business of 
   manufacturing explosive materials without a license, Belmont challenges 
   the meaning of "engaged in the business" as he manufactured fireworks as a 
   hobby, not for livelihood or profit. The government need not prove Belmont 
   engaged in the business of manufacturing explosives for the purpose of 
   livelihood or profit and the parties agreed that the explosives were not 
   for personal use. Based on the quantity of materials and completed or 
   partial IEDs, there was sufficient factual basis for the guilty plea.