United States v. Mellerson

After a jury trial, Huguster Mellerson was found guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(1), and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals both his conviction and sentence.

We affirm Mellerson’s conviction without comment, because his arguments about it are clearly meritless. He contests his sentence on two grounds: 1) that the district court abused its discretion by adjusting his offense level upward by three levels after finding the Sentencing Guidelines’ Criminal History Category VI (the highest category) did not…