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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-4631 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. STEVEN DESMOND PETERSON, a/k/a Primo, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Fayetteville. Malcolm J. Howard, Senior District Judge. (3:94-cr-00046-H-3) Submitted: March 10, 2020 Decided: March 12, 2020 Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpub
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-4631 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. STEVEN DESMOND PETERSON, a/k/a Primo, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Fayetteville. Malcolm J. Howard, Senior District Judge. (3:94-cr-00046-H-3) Submitted: March 10, 2020 Decided: March 12, 2020 Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpubl..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-4631
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
STEVEN DESMOND PETERSON, a/k/a Primo,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Fayetteville. Malcolm J. Howard, Senior District Judge. (3:94-cr-00046-H-3)
Submitted: March 10, 2020 Decided: March 12, 2020
Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Steven Desmond Peterson, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United
States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Steven Desmond Peterson seeks to appeal from the district court’s order entering an
amended judgment in his criminal case to conform with Rutledge v. United States,
517
U.S. 292, 307 (1996) (holding that double jeopardy precludes conviction for both
conspiracy and engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise (“CCE”) when the conspiracy
was used to prove the CCE), as directed by this court in a prior appeal. Peterson’s
challenges to his conviction and sentence are foreclosed by the mandate rule. See United
States v. Alston,
722 F.3d 603, 606 (4th Cir. 2013). Accordingly, we affirm the amended
judgment. United States v. Peterson, No. 3:94-cr-00046-H-3 (E.D.N.C. filed Aug. 15,
2019 & entered Aug. 19, 2019). 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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