Convicted Felon Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Prison for Gun Crime

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A convicted felon has been sentenced for illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Carlton Peeples.

United States District Court Judge Annemarie Carney Axon sentenced Curtoine Lamar Jackson, 35, of Bessemer, to 64 months in prison.   Jackson previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. On December 30, 2023, Jackson possessed a Taurus 9mm pistol. Jackson is prohibited from having a firearm because of multiple previous felony convictions. 

Jackson was convicted on March 15, 2012, in the Circuit Court of the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County, Alabama, of the offenses of Robbery, First Degree; Burglary, First Degree;  and Robbery, First Degree.  He was convicted in the same court on or about December 4, 2017, of the Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance.

FBI and Bessemer Police Department investigated the case.  Assistant U.S. Attorney W. Lee Gilmer prosecuted the case.