Filed: Aug. 30, 1996
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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 94-6922 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus GAIL FULLER, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Albert V. Bryan, Jr., Senior District Judge. (CR-92-13-A, CA-94-834-AM) Submitted: March 22, 1996 Decided: August 30, 1996 Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 94-6922 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus GAIL FULLER, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Albert V. Bryan, Jr., Senior District Judge. (CR-92-13-A, CA-94-834-AM) Submitted: March 22, 1996 Decided: August 30, 1996 Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per ..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 94-6922
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
GAIL FULLER,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Albert V. Bryan, Jr., Senior
District Judge. (CR-92-13-A, CA-94-834-AM)
Submitted: March 22, 1996 Decided: August 30, 1996
Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Gail Fuller, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Joseph Hulkower, OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Mrs. Fuller raised several points in her motion, filed
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, to vacate, correct, or set aside her
sentences. In general, Mrs. Fuller alleged ineffective assistance
of counsel, improper application of the sentencing guidelines, use
of evidence seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment, denial of
a fair trial because certain evidence was not presented, conflict
of interest, and denial of a fair trial because the court denied
her a continuance. We affirm the denial of these aspects of Mrs.
Fuller's petition on the opinion of the district court.
Another question has come to our attention, however. The
district court charged the jury in accordance with circuit
precedent that the element of materiality in 18 U.S.C. § 1001 was
a question for the court. United States v. Gaudin,
63 U.S.L.W.
4611 (U.S. June 19, 1995) decided that materiality was a matter for
the jury, not the court. Mrs. Fuller did not raise this question
on direct appeal or on habeas review. Had this been a direct
appeal, it might have been reversible subject to a plain and
harmless error analysis. Teague v. Lane,
489 U.S. 288 (1989),
however, and its progeny prevent us from addressing this issue
because it is a new constitutional rule of criminal procedure.
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.*
*
Appellant's motion for appointment of counsel is denied.
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