Minnesota Criminal Defense Lawyer

CASE LAW UPDATE:  Whether the evidence was sufficient to support defendant’s conviction of resisting law enforcement officer?    

Defendant was convicted in federal court of forcibly assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement with a dangerous weapon, a firearm.  Defendant appealed.  On appeal, defendant argued that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction of resisting a law enforcement officer with a dangerous weapon, a firearm.  The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld defendant’s conviction stating that the evidence was sufficient.  Affirmed.

United States v. Wilkins, 20-2404, Loken, J.  Appealed from United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.

Minnesota Criminal Defense Lawyer Lynne Torgerson was not attorney of record in this case.