United States v. Keshawn Reed

── United States v. Keshawn Reed ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Date: May 11, 2026 Category: General United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 25-2008 ___________________________ United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. Keshawn Lavone Reed Defendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern ____________ Submitted: January 16, 2026 Filed: May 11, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________ Before SHEPHERD, KELLY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. The district court 1 revoked Keshawn Reed’s term of supervised release after finding he had committed two new law violations. Reed appeals, arguing the government offered insufficient evidence to establish either violation. 1 The Honorable Stephen H. Locher, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.  I. Reed pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and received a 100-month sentence. Upon release from custody, he began his 3-year term of supervised release in October 2024. On April 14, 2025, Reed’s supervising probation officer filed a Request for Summons and Modification of the Conditions or Terms of Supervision, informing the district court that Reed had been charged with operating while intoxicated (OWI) in violation of Iowa law and was released on bond. The district court issued a summons and scheduled a hearing for May 7, 2025. On May 5, 2025, Reed’s probation officer filed an Amended Petition for Warrant or Summons for Offender Under Supervision alleging another new law violation—eluding, stemming from an incident that took place on April 27, 2025. Reed contested the violations, and the district court held a hearing on May 7, 2025, where the government called three witnesses. First, Davenport Police Officer Traishondus Bunch testified about Reed’s OWI arrest. Bunch explained that he pulled Reed over on April 3, 2025, because the car Reed was driving had “dark window tint” and no front or rear license plates. When Bunch approached the car, he smelled burnt marijuana. He also testified that Reed, who was in the driver’s seat, had bloodshot eyes, slurred his speech, and smelled “overwhelming[ly]” of alcohol. Bunch asked Reed to get out of the car, and then administered field sobriety tests. According to Bunch, Reed failed or scored poorly on each of the multiple tests and declined a breath test. Reed was arrested and taken to the local jail. Next, Officer Terry Rawls of the Bettendorf Police Department testified that he saw a black Chevy sedan with heavily tinted windows just after 2 a.m. on April 27, 2025. When Rawls activated the lights on his marked patrol vehicle to make a traffic stop, the Chevy sped up. Rawls pursued the car, accelerating to 100 miles per hour, but he discontinued the pursuit at the Illinois border. Rawls was unable to discern who was driving the car, but he saw the license plate, which showed it was registered to Reed. -2-  Finally, United States Probation Officer Breanna Johnson testified that she asked Reed about the eluding incident, and Reed told her he had allowed a friend to use his car. When Johnson followed up with additional questions, Reed said that his friend “does not drive like that” and that he did not know who was driving his car at the time of the incident. After hearing argument f