U.S. v. HAIRSTON

No. 94-5829.

71 F.3d 115 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Gardford HAIRSTON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Stimson Trivette, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Michael Francis Joseph, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William E. Martin, Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Walter C. Holton, Jr., United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge NIEMEYER joined.

OPINION

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge:

Robert Hairston (Hairston) appeals his sentence following his plea of guilty to violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(g)(1) (West Supp.1995) on the sole ground that he did not have three previous convictions that qualified as violent felonies for purposes of the sentencing enhancement under the Armed Career...

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