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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 05-4794 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus RICKY CAMPBELL, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Beckley. David A. Faber, Chief District Judge. (CR-05-13) Submitted: May 26, 2006 Decided: July 12, 2006 Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Joan A. Mooney, Morgantown, West Virg
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 05-4794 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus RICKY CAMPBELL, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Beckley. David A. Faber, Chief District Judge. (CR-05-13) Submitted: May 26, 2006 Decided: July 12, 2006 Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Joan A. Mooney, Morgantown, West Virgi..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-4794
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
RICKY CAMPBELL,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Beckley. David A. Faber, Chief
District Judge. (CR-05-13)
Submitted: May 26, 2006 Decided: July 12, 2006
Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Joan A. Mooney, Morgantown, West Virginia, for Appellant.
Charles T. Miller, United States Attorney, Miller A. Bushong, III,
Assistant United States Attorney, Beckley, West Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Ricky Campbell pled guilty to manufacturing, by growing
and cultivating approximately 205 marijuana plants, a Schedule I
controlled substance (Count 2) and was sentenced to sixty months of
imprisonment. Counsel raises two issues on appeal and Campbell
raises one issue pro se. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Counsel first argues under the Sentencing Guidelines that
the district court improperly enhanced Campbell’s sentence because
he possessed firearms, under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual §
2D1.1(b)(1) (2004), and for obstruction of justice, under USSG
§ 3C1.1. We find no reversible error and note that Campbell’s
sentence was not increased for possession of firearms. United
States v. Daughtrey,
874 F.2d 213, 217 (4th Cir. 1989) (stating
review standard). Neither do we find that the district court
improperly declined to apply the safety valve provision in USSG
§ 5C1.2.
We grant Campbell’s motion to file a pro se supplemental
brief wherein he alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective for
failing to seek a safety valve reduction. Contrary to Campbell’s
assertions, however, the record is clear that his trial counsel did
seek a safety valve reduction for him at sentencing, which the
district court rejected. Thus, Campbell has failed to meet the
demanding burden of establishing ineffective assistance of counsel
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in his direct appeal. United States v. Richardson,
195 F.3d 192,
198 (4th Cir. 1999).
Accordingly, we affirm. We dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in
the materials before the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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