United States v. Mobley

Defendant and his two cousins were convicted of various crimes arising out of their attempt to rob a federal officer, who was posing as a buyer of illegal firearms. The court rejected defendant's contention that no reasonable jury could have rejected his claim of self-defense with respect to the assault charge under 18 U.S.C. 111(b) where the evidence does not support defendant's version of events so decisively that a rational jury would have been compelled to believe him; there was sufficient evidence to support the robbery conviction under 18 U.S.C. 2114(a) where the agent actually had the buy money in his charge, control, or custody; there was sufficient evidence to convict defendant of conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. 371 where the jury could reasonably have concluded that the scope of the conspirators’ agreement was not limited to assaulting and robbing an acquaintance; and the court concluded that defendant did not need to know that the buy money the agent had in his custody belonged to the United States. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment. View "United States v. Mobley" on Justia Law