United States v. Carlos D. Dickerson

Carlos Dickerson challenges the sentence imposed by the district court 1 upon a jury conviction for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9). We affirm.

At trial, two witnesses testified that Dickerson, fired a pistol near his ex-girlfriend’s apartment. In addition, the government submitted a recording of a 911 phone call from the ex-girlfriend, who reported that Dickerson had shot at her apartment, and forensic evidence that Dickerson had discharged a weapon or been in close proximity to a discharged…