United States v. Derek Bellamy

MEMORANDUM *

Derek Tyson Bellamy was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and sentenced to 63 months imprisonment. Bellamy appeals the conviction, claiming insufficient evidence, and the sentence, claiming it is substantively unreasonable. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and affirm.

1. To obtain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the government must prove “(1) that the defendant was a convicted felon; (2) that the defendant was in knowing possession of a firearm ...; and (3) that the firearm ... was in or affecting interstate…