Legal Opinion

United States v. Jermaine Cortez Carter

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 27, 2004No. 02-2165PublishedCited by 90 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Jermaine Cortez Carter appeals his conviction and sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(l)(felon in possession of a firearm) on the basis of: (1) insufficiency of the evidence; (2) ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to move the court for acquittal based upon the insufficiency of the evidence; (3) the addition of a four-level enhancement to his sentencing guideline range for possessing the firearm in connection with another felony offense under USSG § 2K2.1(b)(5); and (4) denial of his right of allocution at sentencing. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM.

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Franklin v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. United States v. Guido Riascos-Suarez A/K/A Kennedy Diuza-RiascosCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
  5. United States v. David Devon DavisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002

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3Cited by90 opinions

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