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U.S. v. HICKERSON

No. 05-20888.

489 F.3d 742 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Damon Craig HICKERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hill Peck, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Mary Jane Harmon (argued), Houston, TX, for U.S.

Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., H. Michael Sokolow (argued), Houston, TX, for Hickerson.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

Damon Craig Hickerson, the defendant, was convicted of two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), based on two separate incidents. He raises three errors on appeal, arguing that: 1) the district court abused its discretion by refusing to grant him a continuance to locate a witness who failed to appear; 2) the district court abused its discretion by refusing to sever...

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