Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Eugene Fortenberry
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 10, 1992No. 91-7209PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Charles Eugene Fortenberry (“Forten-berry”) appeals his convictions and sentences on two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) 1 and one count of obstructing justice under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(3) 2 . For the reasons which follow, we affirm.
I. FACTS
In December of 1988, the Piedmont, Alabama, police suspected Fortenberry in the double murder of Jimmy Isaac (“Isaac”) and Jack Williams (“Williams”). Pursuant to a properly obtained warrant, authorities searched Fortenberry’s apartment for the suspected murder weapon, a Mossberg 500 12-gauge…
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