United States v. Bass, No. 10-1461 (10th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseA jury convicted Defendant Christopher Bass on being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to 94 months in prison and three years of supervised release. On appeal to the Tenth Circuit, he contended: (1) that the search that discovered the firearm was unlawful because (a) the government failed to show that his girlfriend’s consent to search his trailer was voluntary and (b) his girlfriend lacked authority to consent to the search of a zipper bag in the trailer; (2) that his sentence violated the Sixth Amendment because he received Sentencing Guidelines offense-level enhancements for alleged misconduct that he was acquitted of by the jury; and (3) that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction. Upon review of the trial court record and the applicable legal authority, the Tenth Circuit concluded the search was conducted lawfully and voluntarily consented to, and that the evidence was sufficient to support Defendant's conviction and the sentence he received. The Court affirmed the district court's judgment.
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