East St. Louis, Ill. - A convicted felon from the Metro East is headed to prison for nearly six
years for his illegal possession and use of a firearm. Marrio Robinson, 39, of East
St. Louis, Illinois was sentenced yesterday to 71 months in prison, which will be followed by a
term of 3 years of supervised release. Robinson previously pled guilty to the offense in September
2020.
According to court documents and the evidence, Robinson was involved in a shooting in East St.
Louis, Illinois in 2017. Robinson shot toward the victim at least ten times using a Glock.40
caliber semi- automatic pistol, resulting in injuries to the victim’s thigh and lower
leg. At the time Robinson possessed the semi-automatic pistol, he had been previously convicted
of Possession of a Controlled Substance in the St. Clair County Circuit Court and Distribution of
Crack Cocaine, Maintaining a Drug Premise, and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug
Trafficking Offense in the US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Robinson was
therefore prohibited from possessing any firearm.
The case was investigated by the East St. Louis Police Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Karelia S. Rajagopal prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
