U.S. v. PAZ

No. 90-5307.

927 F.2d 176 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rafael Antonia PAZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Tamer, argued (Thomas Jeffery Keith, on brief), Winston-Salem, N.C., for defendant-appellant.

Paul Alexander Weinman, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued (Robert H. Edmunds, Jr., U.S. Atty. and David B. Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sr. Litigation Counsel, on brief), Greensboro, N.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SPROUSE and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and ELLIS, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Rafael Antonia Paz pled guilty to four counts of drug trafficking and was found guilty by the district court on a fifth count — the use of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking. On appeal, Paz alleges a host of errors concerning his conviction on the firearm count and his sentencing. We affirm.

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