US v. Nishon Rainner

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:15-cr-00055-CCB-1. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency [999855856]. [15-4577, 15-4623]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-4577

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
NISHON
Buddy,

QUINTE

RAINNER,

a/k/a

Rodney

Oblin

Nicolas,

a/k/a

Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-4623

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
NISHON QUINTE RAINNER,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District
of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Catherine C. Blake, Chief District
Judge. (1:15-cr-00055-CCB-1; 1:15-cr-00269-CCB-1)

Submitted:

June 14, 2016

Decided:

Before WILKINSON, DIAZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

June 16, 2016

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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard Bardos, SCHULMAN, HERSHFIELD & GILDEN, P. A., Baltimore,
Maryland, for Appellant.
Rod J. Rosenstein, United States
Attorney, Judson T. Mihok, Assistant United States Attorney,
Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
In

these

consolidated

appeals,

Nishon

Quinte

Rainner

appeals his convictions, following a jury trial, for two counts
of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2012), and the district
court’s

judgment,

based

on

these

convictions,

revoking

his

supervised release in a separate criminal matter and sentencing
him to 18 months’ imprisonment consecutive to the 100-month term
imposed on the substantive charges.

Rainner argues that the

district court erred by admitting evidence that the firearms and
ammunition

had

mistrial.

We have reviewed the record and conclude that the

district

court

been

did

stolen

not

and

by

commit

denying

his

reversible

motion

error

for

in

a

its

evidentiary rulings; the admission of evidence that the firearms
were stolen was not an abuse of discretion, United States v.
Williams,
court’s

445

F.3d

evidentiary

724,

732

rulings

(4th

Cir.

arbitrary

2006),
or

nor

were

irrational,

States v. Cole, 631 F.3d 146, 153 (4th Cir. 2011).

the

United

In addition,

we conclude there was no basis for granting a mistrial.
States v. Dorlouis, 107 F.3d 248, 257 (4th Cir. 1997).

United
And the

district court’s curative instruction regarding the Government’s
statement during its closing argument was sufficient to erase
any confusion on the part of the jury.

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Accordingly, we affirm

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the district court’s judgments. *

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

*

Rainner raises no challenges on appeal to the revocation
of his supervised release or to his sentence.

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