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Date: 12-21-2022
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United States of America v. Deamonte Law
Case Number: 2:20-cr-00341
Judge: Cathy Bissoon
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
The evidence presented at trial established that Deamonte Law, age 29, formerly of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, possessed a Smith and Wesson, Model M&P, .40 caliber pistol on Sept. 4, 2020, despite having previously been convicted of a felony. In May of 2015, Mr. Law was convicted of conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine base, in the form commonly known as crack, as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of this drug trafficking crime, at Criminal No. 13-202 in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Federal law prohibits a convicted felon from possessing a firearm.
Judge Bissoon scheduled sentencing for April 19, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. The law provides for a total sentence of not more than 10 years in prison, a fine of not more than $250,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based on the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Pending sentencing, the court continued the defendant’s detention.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the McKeesport Police Department, and the Allegheny County Police Department conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Deamonte Law.
18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON
Outcome: Defendant was found guilty.
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