United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant's firearm possession sentence is affirmed where: 1) Defendant claimed that the District Court failed to inform him of his potential status as an armed career criminal prior to accepting his guilty plea, but Defendant did not object to this error; and 2) Defendant failed to show a reasonable probability that he would have pled not guilty had he been properly informed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/29/2009
• Published 04/29/2009

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  G. Alan DuBois, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Banumathi Rangarajan, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Thomas P. McNamara, Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  George E.B. Holding, United States Attorney, Anne M. Hayes, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.