United States v. James Mitchell Debardeleben

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, James DeBardeleben, appeals his conviction by the trial judge for counterfeiting and carrying a firearm during the commission of that offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472 and § 924(c)(2), respectively. The trial court, after defendant had waived a jury trial, sentenced defendant to fifteen years on each of the six counts of counterfeiting, to run concurrently, and to a five year sentence on the firearm charge, to run consecutively with the fifteen year sentence.

The primary issue raised by defendant on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in…