Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
No. 03-4178
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Jerome B. Friedman, District
Judge. (CR-02-65)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
A jury convicted Bobby Antoine Sutton of possession with
intent to distribute cocaine base (Count One), in violation of 21
U.S.C. 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(iii) (2000), and possession of a
firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (Count Two), in
violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1) (2000).
We affirm.
Sutton contends that the evidence was insufficient to
not show that the firearm seized by police was his or that there
was a nexus between the drug trafficking and the gun.
We review
Cir.
2001).
as
here,
the
motion
was
based
on
Glasser v. United
(4th Cir. 2003) (quoting United States v. Burgos, 94 F.3d 849, 86263 (4th Cir. 1996) (en banc)).
crime.
Viewing
the
evidence
in
the
light
most
We have
firearm
furthered,
advanced,
or
helped
forward
drug
trafficking crime. United States v. Lomax, 293 F.3d 701, 705 (4th
Cir.), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1031 (2002).
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We 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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