COLON

v.

NEW YORK

Citator

Cited By

• Davis v. United States, 972 F.2d 227 (8th Cir. 1992)
  …e his conviction and sentencing. We affirmed, holding that Davis’s conviction and sentence under the repealed statute were permitted under the general savings clause in 1 U.S.C. § 109. United States v. Davis, 845 F. 2d 1028 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1239, 108 S.Ct. 2912, 101 L.Ed.2d 943 (1988). Davis then filed this § 2255 motion to vacate his sentence, launching a different attack on the fifteen-year enhancement.2 He now claims that his 1964 Nebraska conviction for breaking and entering and posses…
• United States v. Demetress Wesley, 990 F.2d 360 (8th Cir. 1993)
  …viction was obtained, and what the conviction was for. United States v. Dow, 457 F. 2d 246, 250 (7th Cir.1972). The standard of review on appeal is an abuse of discretion standard. United States v. Finch, 842 F. 2d 201, 202 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1239, 108 S.Ct. 2911, 101 L.Ed.2d 942 (1988). In this case, the trial court allowed the prosecution to question Appellant Wesley about the gun used in the prior conviction. The prior conviction was for possession of a firearm. The trial court did not ab…