US v. William Rice

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to file supplemental brief(s) [999620935-2]. Originating case number: 1:14-cr-00232-CCE-1. Copies to all parties and the district court. [999658115]. [15-4230]

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UNPUBLISHED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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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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

insufficient to establish that:

Government’s

evidence

was

(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.
also

filed

a

motion

to

file

a

pro

se

supplemental

Rice has
brief. *

Finding no error, we affirm.
“We review a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence
de novo[.]”
2015).

United States v. Bran, 776 F.3d 276, 279 (4th Cir.

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.
States

v.

Hager,

721

F.3d

167,

179

(4th

See United
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,

pro

se

supplemental brief and affirm the district court’s judgment.

We

dispense

with

contentions

are

we

oral

deny

Rice’s

argument

adequately

motion

because

presented

in

to

the
the

file

facts

a

and

legal

materials

before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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