US v. White (4th Cir. 2002)

Federal Circuits, 4th Cir. (March 27, 2002)

Docket number: 01-4800


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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 01-4800 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus

WILLIAM FERRIS WHITE, a/k/a William Ferry

White, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-

trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Chief District

Judge. (CR-01-106-A)

Submitted: March 21, 2002 Decided: March 27, 2002

Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Paul P. Vangellow, PAUL P. VANGELLOW, P.C., Falls Church, Virginia,

for Appellant. Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Michael E. Rich, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM

In this appeal, William White, sentenced to thirty-seven months’ imprisonment following his conditional guilty plea to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, see U.S.C.A. § 922(g)(1) (West 2000), challenges only the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss his indictment for lack of jurisdiction. In that motion, White argued the interstate commerce requirement of § 922(g) could not be satisfied by simply possessing a firearm that had traveled in interstate commerce. However, because this theory has been rejected, see Scarborough v. United States , 431 U.S. 563, 575 (1977); United States v. Wells , 98 F.3d 808, 811 (4th Cir. 1996), we find the district court properly denied White’s motion. Accordingly, we affirm White’s conviction and sentence and dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED

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