U.S. v. BLANNON

No. 87-5574.

836 F.2d 843 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter James BLANNON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Brooke Murdock, Asst. Federal Public Defender (Fred Warren Bennett, Federal Public Defender; Stephen J. Cribari, Deputy Federal Public Defender on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Peter M. Semel, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty. on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HALL and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 3, 1988.

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Walter James Blannon appeals his sentence of twenty-three years without parole following a jury conviction on charges of possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C.App. II § 1202(a)(1), as amended by the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 ("ACCA"). Finding this appeal to be without merit, we affirm.

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