No. 20-2404 ___________________________

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

James Anthony Wilkins, Jr.

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau ____________

Submitted: December 17, 2021 Filed: February 9, 2022 ____________ Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________ LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

After James Anthony Wilkins, Jr. pleaded guilty to a felon in possession of a firearm charge, a jury convicted him of two other charges, forcibly assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement with a dangerous weapon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 111(a)(1) and (b), and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of