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United States v. Jones, 4th Cir. (2007)
United States v. Jones, 4th Cir. (2007)
No. 06-5131
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
James C. Dever III,
District Judge. (5:06-cr-00066-D)
Submitted:
Decided:
October 9, 2007
PER CURIAM:
Jerome Maurease Jones pled guilty to possession of a
firearm
by
convicted
felon
in
violation
an
armed
imprisonment.
career
criminal
and
of
18
U.S.C.A.
He was determined to
sentenced
to
230
months
California,
386
U.S.
meritorious
issues
738
for
(1967),
appeal,
but
asserting
raising
there
for
the
were
no
courts
were
violated
because
his
statutory
sentence
was
The Government
224, 233-36, 243-44 (1998); United States v. Cheek, 415 F.3d 349,
351-54 (4th Cir.) (reaffirming continuing validity of AlmendarezTorres after United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005)).
Thus,
the district court was not required to make any factual findings
concerning Jones prior criminal record, but could rely on the
conclusive significance of his record, see Shepard v. United
States, 544 U.S. 13, 25 (2005), as set out in the presentence
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report.
See United States v. Thompson, 421 F.3d 278, 285 (4th Cir.
Therefore, we
We
This court
Counsels
AFFIRMED
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