U.S. v. McDONALD

No. 15-4682.

850 F.3d 640 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dominic Xavier MCDONALD, a/k/a Bombay, Defendant-Appellant. Federal Public Defender of South Carolina, Amicus Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Denzil Horace Forrester , THE LAW OFFICES OF DENZIL H. FORRESTER, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Anthony Joseph Enright , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jill Westmoreland Rose , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. William F. Nettles, IV , Assistant Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Florence, South Carolina, for Amicus Curiae.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Shedd wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxler and Judge Keenan joined.


Dominic Xavier McDonald pled guilty to four counts of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He now appeals his 188-month sentence. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

I.

Over the course of two weeks in October 2014, McDonald illegally sold six firearms...

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