Date: 05-07-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Matthew John Cobb

Case Number: 1:20-cr-00010

Judge: Terry F. Moorer

Court: The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (Mobile County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office for Mobile

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Description:

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm

FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT

A Castleberry, Alabama, man was sentenced to 70 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense.

Matthew John Cobb, 39, was arrested in possession of a .38 caliber revolver when he fled Conecuh County deputies working a traffic detail in Castleberry. Cobb was driving a white Dodge when he accelerated away from the deputies, eventually abandoning his vehicle and fleeing into the woods on foot. The Alabama Department of Corrections responded to the scene with tracking dogs. The dogs located Cobb in the woods lying face down on top of the gun. Ammunition matching the caliber of the gun was found in Cobb’s vehicle. Cobb had several prior felony convictions, including a previous conviction for Felon in Possession of a Firearm from August of 2020 in the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. In fact, Cobb was on supervised release from that prior federal conviction at the time this offense occurred.

United States District Court Judge Terry F. Moorer imposed the 70-month sentence and ordered a three-year term of supervised release to follow. No fine was imposed but the judge ordered that Cobb pay $100 in special mandatory assessments and forfeit the firearm to the United States. Judge Moorer also found that Cobb had violated the terms and conditions of his prior supervised release term, and imposed a 14-month sentence for that violation, which will run consecutive to the 70-month sentence on the new case.

The Conecuh County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gloria Bedwell prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 70 months in prison

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