U.S. v. HOLMES

No. 02-4871.

376 F.3d 270 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin Nelson HOLMES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joshua Snow Kendrick, DEBRA CHAPMAN, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.

Thomas Ernest Booth, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Debra Y. Chapman, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, Alfred W. Bethea, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge SHEDD joined.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Benjamin Holmes, was convicted by a jury on two felony counts of being a felon in possession of a weapon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). The evidence at trial demonstrated that Holmes, who had prior felony convictions, unlawfully possessed a firearm on two separate...

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