United States v. Thompson, No. 11-15122 (11th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed the district court's denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment charging him with a violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) and his sentence on substantive reasonableness grounds. The court concluded, sua sponte, that defendant's argument that the indictment failed to charge an offense that implicated the district court's jurisdiction was not waived by his unconditional guilty plea and his appeal was properly before the court. The court also concluded that the restoration of only defendant's right to vote, and any attendant rights subsumed therein, was insufficient to satisfy the 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(20) exception. Finally, the court concluded that defendant's 12-month sentence, which was at the bottom of the guidelines range, was substantively reasonable and the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing that sentence. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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