United States v. Randolph

OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

This matter comes on before this court on Kenneth Randolph’s (“Randolph”) appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence entered in this criminal case on September 9, 2002. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3231 and we have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

The background of the case is as follows. On February 26, 2002, a grand jury indict*191ed Randolph for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Randolph previously had been convicted in the Court of Common Pleas of…