United States v. Taylor; United States v. Thompson, No. 09-5152 (4th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseA jury convicted of Daryl Taylor and Antwan Thompson of being felons in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) after they were caught with a loaded handgun on a Baltimore Street. The district court imposed an eight-year sentence on Taylor and a fifteen-year sentence on Thompson because his prior convictions qualified him for the mandatory minimum under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 19 U.S.C. 924(e). On appeal, Taylor challenged both his conviction and sentence and Thompson objected only to his sentence under the ACCA. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to allow a reasonable jury to find Taylor guilty of unlawful possession under section 922(g)(1). The court declined Taylor's invitation to invalidate the enhancement in section 2K2.1(b)(4)(A) of the Sentencing Guidelines and held that the district court's sentence fell within the range of reasonable punishments. The court also held that, taken as a whole, Thompson's plea proceedings afforded ample support for the finding of the district court that his plea of guilty constituted an admission of the violent conduct reflected in the sole proffered factual basis for the plea. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
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