UNITED STATES v. HASSON

No. 20-4126.

26 F.4th 610 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Paul HASSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Cullen Oakes Macbeth , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant. Thomas Patrick Windom , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James Wyda , Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Robert K. Hur , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Rushing wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Diaz joined.


After unsuccessfully challenging the statute as unconstitutionally vague, Christopher Hasson pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) by possessing firearms as someone "who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance," in addition to three related counts. At sentencing, the district court...

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