Date: 03-31-2016

Case Style: United States of America v. Roderick Johnson

Case Number: 4:15-cr-00192-O

Judge: Reed O'Connor

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Tarrant County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: A. Saleem

Defendant's Attorney: Doug Greene

Description: Fort Worth, TX - Convicted Felon from Fort Worth is Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison on Firearm Conviction

Defendant Arrested at a Motel in Fort Worth When Officers Responded to Report of Domestic Distrubance

A multi-convicted felon, Roderick Johnson, 35, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor to 10 years in federal prison, following his conviction at trial in December 2015 on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Johnson has been in custody since his arrest in June 2015 when officers with the Fort Worth Police Department responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a motel room in Fort Worth. A search of that room, where Johnson was staying, revealed a .357 caliber pistol belonging to Johnson under the mattress. Johnson has been convicted of theft and controlled substances felony offenses in Tarrant County in 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2013.

The case was investigated by the Fort Worth Police Department, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

42 U.S.C. 922 (g) provides:

"(g) It shall be unlawful for any person—

(1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;

(2) who is a fugitive from justice;

(3) who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802));

(4) who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution;

(5) who, being an alien—

(A) is illegally or unlawfully in the United States; or

(B) except as provided in subsection (y)(2), has been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa (as that term is defined in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26)));

(6) who has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;

(7) who, having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced his citizenship;

(8) who is subject to a court order that—

(A) was issued after a hearing of which such person received actual notice, and at which such person had an opportunity to participate;

(B) restrains such person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child; and

(C)(i) includes a finding that such person represents a credible threat to the physical safety of such intimate partner or child; or

(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against such intimate partner or child that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury; or

(9) who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, ..."

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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