United States of America v. Monrail Lashun Maddox, a/k/a Monral Lashun Maddox

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-4743
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
MONRAIL LASHUN MADDOX, a/k/a Monral Lashun
Maddox,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Lacy H. Thornburg,
District Judge. (CR-03-92)
Submitted: March 16, 2005 Decided: March 29, 2005
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Camille M. Davidson, THE FULLER LAW FIRM, Charlotte, North
Carolina, for Appellant. Gretchen C. F. Shappert, United States
Attorney, Donald D. Gast, Assistant United States Attorney,
Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Monrail Lashun Maddox pled guilty to one count of being
a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 922(g) (2000). Maddox reserved the right to challenge the
district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence.
We review the district court’s factual findings
underlying a motion to suppress for clear error and review its
legal determinations de novo. Ornelas v. United States, 517 U.S.
690, 699 (1996); United States v. Rusher, 966 F.2d 868, 873 (4th
Cir. 1992). When a suppression motion has been denied, we construe
the evidence in the light most favorable to the government. United
States v. Seidman, 156 F.3d 542, 547 (4th Cir. 1998). Finding no
error, we affirm.
We find there was no clear error in the district court’s
findings. We further find the legal determinations are correct.
Accordingly, we affirm the conviction and sentence. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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