221900P.pdf   08/10/2023  United States  v.  Zerak Brown
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-1900
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Kelly and Grasz, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. When defendant assaulted a Missouri State 
   Trooper, the trooper was engaged in fulfilling the mission of the ATF to 
   enforce firearms statutes, and he was engaged in performance of those 
   duties when defendant committed the assault; defendant's conviction for 
   assault of a federal officer is affirmed; a reasonable jury could find 
   that the other officers present were assisting the trooper in determining 
   whether there was a violation of federal firearms law, and were engaged in 
   a task of mutual involvement; the evidence was sufficient therefore to 
   support defendant's convictions for assault on the officers and possession 
   of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.