Filed: Sep. 11, 2015
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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-4230 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. WILLIAM DELANO RICE, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. (1:14-cr-00232-CCE-1) Submitted: September 9, 2015 Decided: September 11, 2015 Before SHEDD, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. J. Clark Fisher,
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-4230 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. WILLIAM DELANO RICE, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. (1:14-cr-00232-CCE-1) Submitted: September 9, 2015 Decided: September 11, 2015 Before SHEDD, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. J. Clark Fisher, R..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-4230
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
WILLIAM DELANO RICE,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles,
District Judge. (1:14-cr-00232-CCE-1)
Submitted: September 9, 2015 Decided: September 11, 2015
Before SHEDD, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
J. Clark Fisher, RANDOLPH & FISCHER, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, for Appellant. Ripley Rand, United States Attorney,
Harry L. Hobgood, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro,
North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
William Delano Rice appeals the criminal judgment entered
against him after a jury convicted him of one count each of
possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of
18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2) (2012); possession with intent
to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1),
(b)(1)(D) (2012); and possession of ammunition by a convicted
felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2) (2012).
On appeal, Rice asserts that the Government’s evidence was
insufficient to establish that: (1) he possessed the firearm
and ammunition for which he was convicted; and (2) the marijuana
he possessed was for anything other than personal use. Rice has
also filed a motion to file a pro se supplemental brief. *
Finding no error, we affirm.
“We review a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence
de novo[.]” United States v. Bran,
776 F.3d 276, 279 (4th Cir.
2015). If, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to
the Government, we find there is substantial evidence to support
*
Because Rice is represented by counsel who has filed a
merits brief, he is not entitled to file a pro se supplemental
brief. Accordingly, we deny his motion. See United States v.
Penniegraft,
641 F.3d 566, 569 n.1 (4th Cir. 2011) (denying
motion to file pro se supplemental brief because the defendant
was represented by counsel).
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the conviction, we will affirm the jury’s verdict. See United
States v. Hager,
721 F.3d 167, 179 (4th Cir. 2013).
“Substantial evidence is such evidence that a reasonable finder
of fact could accept as adequate and sufficient to support a
conclusion of a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). We have reviewed the
record and have considered Rice’s arguments and conclude that,
viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the
Government, there is substantial evidence to support the jury’s
convictions on all counts.
Accordingly, we deny Rice’s motion to file a pro se
supplemental brief and affirm the district court’s judgment. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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