United States v. Randolph Blackmon

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Randolph Blackmon (Blackmon), has appealed from the district court’s denial of his motion for correction of sentence, pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 35, in which he challenged the district court’s imposition of a four-year term of special parole as part of his sentence resulting from a drug conviction.

On May 9, 1988, Blackmon pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute two kilograms of cocaine on September 9, 1987, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1986). The district court thereafter sentenced Blackmon to five years of…