A Birmingham man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona.
Chief U.S. District Judge Madeline H. Haikala sentenced Cordarius Dejuan Martin Terrell, also known as “Cordarius Dejuan Terrell,” age 32, to 180 months in prison. In May 2025, Terrell pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to the plea agreement, on May 13, 2024, officers with the Birmingham Police Department Crime Reduction Task Force were seeking to arrest Terrell due to several active felony warrants. Officers arrested him later that day at a gas station on Graymont Avenue West in Birmingham and found him carrying a .40 Caliber Smith & Wesson pistol.
Terrell was prohibited from having a firearm because of previous felony convictions between 2018 and 2023 for burglary, theft, and escape offenses.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) investigated the case together with the Birmingham Police Department Crime Reduction Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney W. Lee Gilmer prosecuted the case.
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