U.S. v. BURNS

No. 09-4909.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KEITH LEE BURNS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Christine Madeleine Lee, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellant.

Adam Benjamin Spencer , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Larry W. Shelton , Federal Public Defender, Allegra M. C. Black , Assistant Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellant.

Timothy J. Heaphy , United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by unpublished opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Traxler and Senior Judge Faber joined except as to Part III. Chief Judge Traxler wrote a separate concurring opinion, in which Senior Judge Faber joined.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

WYNN, Circuit Judge

Defendant Keith Lee Burns was convicted of traveling interstate and knowingly failing to update his sex offender registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"). 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) (2006) ("failure-to-register statute"); 42 U.S.C. §§ 16913 (2006). On appeal, Burns challenges his conviction on constitutional...

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