Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter James Blannon
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1988No. 87-5574PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Walter James Blannon appeals his sentence of twenty-three years without parole following a jury conviction on charges of possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C.App. II § 1202(a)(1), as amended by the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (“ACCA”). Finding this appeal to be without merit, we affirm.
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Blannon entered a plea of not guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with having been convicted of a felony and knowingly possessing a firearm shipped in interstate commerce. Prior to the trial the government filed an information which served the…
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