UNITED STATES v. MOON

No. 21-7209.

31 F.4th 259 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Craig MOON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Christopher Wayne Adams , ADAMS & BISCHOFF. P.C., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. William Jacob Watkins, Jr. , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Meredith D. McPhail , ADAMS & BISCHOFF. P.C., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. M. Rhett DeHart , Acting United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Quattlebaum joined.


Richard Moon pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, and the district court applied a sentencing enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act, resulting in a 15-year sentence. After intervening caselaw rendered Moon ineligible for the enhancement, he was resentenced to time served. Moon subsequently...

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