United States v. Pazour
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010-06-22 · cited 24×
The case involved Cory Pazour, a convicted felon indicted for possessing firearms in violation of federal law after he pawned three guns belonging to a friend without permission. Pazour pleaded guilty, and the district court sentenced him to 37 months in prison, applying sentencing enhancements for the firearms being stolen and for possessing them in connection with another felony offense of theft. On appeal, Pazour argued that the enhancements were improper because he no longer possessed the guns at the time they became stolen or during the theft. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the sentence under plain error review, concluding that the pawning rendered the firearms stolen and that their possession facilitated the theft.
