Date: 03-11-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Joshua Lee

Case Number: 4:15-cr-00564

Judge: Audrey G. Fleissig

Court: The United States Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in St. Louis

Defendant's Attorney:

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St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Domestic Assault, Shooting.

Man Sentenced to 7+ Years in Prison After Domestic Assault, Shooting

Joshua Lee, 37, pleaded guilty in October to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He admitted being caught with a handgun on Aug. 6, 2022, by Saint Louis County Police Department officers who were responding to a report of a domestic incident involving an assault and shooting. The victim had been shot in the back. When Lee was arrested, he told officers that the victim shot herself.

Judge Fleissig on Monday found that evidence and testimony showed that Lee committed an aggravated assault by striking and choking his then-girlfriend before she was shot during a struggle over the gun Lee had in his waistband. Lee is a convicted felon and is barred from possessing a firearm. Judge Fleissig sentenced Lee to seven years in prison for that crime.

Lee was also on supervised release at the time of the assault after pleading guilty in 2016 to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Fleissig on Monday sentenced Lee to five more months in prison for violating his supervised release.

The St. Louis County Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine Hoag is prosecuting the case.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to five months in prison.

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