U.S. v. PERRY

No. 07-4727.

560 F.3d 246 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Derrick Jomell PERRY, a/k/a Mel, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Rudolph Alexander Ashton, III, McCotter, Ashton & Smith, P.A., New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellant. Banumathi Rangarajan, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: George E.B. Holding, United States Attorney, Anne M. Hayes, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part; vacated and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE and Judge SMITH joined.


OPINION

TRAXLER, Circuit Judge:

Derrick Jomell Perry appeals his convictions and sentences for distribution of crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. We affirm Perry's convictions, but vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.

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