United States v. Hickerson

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

Damon Craig Hickerson, the defendant, was convicted of two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), based on two separate incidents. He raises three errors on appeal, arguing that: 1) the district court abused its discretion by refusing to grant him a continuance to locate a witness who failed to appear; 2) the district court abused its discretion by refusing to sever the two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm charged in his indictment; and 3) his sentence was unconstitutional because a jury…