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United States of America v. Keno Lane
Date: 11-14-2025
Case Number: 3:15-cr-00088
Judge:
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office in Nashville
Defendant's Attorney:
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Description:
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an lawful drug user in possession of a firearm, false declaration before a Grand Jury, obstruction justice,
Outcome:
Plea of guilty to Counts 28, 29, 30 and 31 of the Second Superseding Indictment . Imprisonment for 60 months. Remanded to custody. Three years supervised release, with conditions. $400 special assessment. Deft abandons and relinquishes all claim, title, and interest to the Springfield XD, .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol, and the SCCY CPX-2 9mm semiautomatic pistol and cedes whatever interest he may have in such property to the United States with the understanding, acknowledgment, and agreement that the property may be destroyed or returned to the rightful owner without further proceedings.
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File Name: 25a0525n.06
Case No. 24-6083
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
KENO LANE,
Defendant - Appellant.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF
TENNESSEE
OPINION
Before: GIBBONS, McKEAGUE, and RITZ, Circuit Judges.
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. Over the past decade, Defendant-Appellant
Keno Lane has been entangled in the criminal justice system. In 2017, a federal district court
sentenced Lane to a 60-month term of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release,
pursuant to a plea agreement for crimes he admitted committing in 2015. After his release in 2020,
Lane began a three-year term of supervised release. But within three months of his release, the
probation office submitted a petition alleging that Lane had violated the terms of his supervised
release. And in the year following Lane’s release, the probation office superseded its original
petition multiple times due to repeated violations.
By January 2022, the district court had revoked Lane’s supervision, imposed a six-month
custodial sentence, and ordered him to serve fifteen months of supervision upon his release. After
his release, the probation office filed yet another petition alleging two violations: that Lane (i) was
charged with fifteen counts ranging from first-degree murder to aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon in a Tennessee state court (“Violation #1â€) and (ii) failed to report for drug testing on eral occasions (“Violation #2â€).
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION
File Name: 25a0525n.06
Case No. 24-6083
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
KENO LANE,
Defendant - Appellant.
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF
TENNESSEE
OPINION
Before: GIBBONS, McKEAGUE, and RITZ, Circuit Judges.
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. Over the past decade, Defendant-Appellant
Keno Lane has been entangled in the criminal justice system. In 2017, a federal district court
sentenced Lane to a 60-month term of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release,
pursuant to a plea agreement for crimes he admitted committing in 2015. After his release in 2020,
Lane began a three-year term of supervised release. But within three months of his release, the
probation office submitted a petition alleging that Lane had violated the terms of his supervised
release. And in the year following Lane’s release, the probation office superseded its original
petition multiple times due to repeated violations.
By January 2022, the district court had revoked Lane’s supervision, imposed a six-month
custodial sentence, and ordered him to serve fifteen months of supervision upon his release. After
his release, the probation office filed yet another petition alleging two violations: that Lane (i) was
charged with fifteen counts ranging from first-degree murder to aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon in a Tennessee state court (“Violation #1â€) and (ii) failed to report for drug testing on eral occasions (“Violation #2â€).
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