United States v. Shawn Aiello

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PER CURIAM OPINION FILED - THE COURT: WILLIAM JAY RILEY, C. ARLEN BEAM and KERMIT E. BYE (UNPUBLISHED) [3878310] [11-1514]

United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 11-1514
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United States of America,
Appellee,
v.
Shawn Michael Aiello,
Appellant.

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* Appeal from the United States
* District Court for the Eastern
* District of Missouri.
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[UNPUBLISHED]
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Submitted: November 14, 2011
Filed: February 9, 2012
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Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BEAM, and BYE, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Shawn Aiello appeals his conviction and mandatory minimum fifteen-year
sentence, following a guilty plea, to being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C.
§§ 922(g) & 924(e). After pleading guilty, Aiello unsuccessfully argued to the district
court1 at sentencing that his prosecution under § 922(g) violated his Second
Amendment right to keep and bear arms, citing District of Columbia v. Heller, 554
U.S. 570 (2008), and McDonald v. City of Chicago, 130 S. Ct. 3020 (2010). He
renews this argument on appeal. To the extent, as the government urges, that Aiello's
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The Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, United States District Judge for the Eastern
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briefing can be read to present an "as applied" challenge to § 922(g), it is barred by
the appellate waiver of all non-jurisdictional issues in his plea agreement. See United
States v. Joos, 638 F.3d 581, 586 (8th Cir. 2011) (holding that "as applied"
constitutional challenges to statutes are non-jurisdictional), cert. denied, 2012 WL
171246 (U.S. Jan. 23, 2012). To the extent, as Aiello urges, that he brings a facial
challenge to § 922(g), his arguments are foreclosed by our circuit precedent. See id.
(noting that we have previously upheld § 922(g) against a Second Amendment
challenge). We affirm.
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