United States v. Isaac Edwards

505 F. App'x 262

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: January 22, 2013
• Docket: 12-4092
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Isaac Edwards pled guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2006), and was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (2006), to 180 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Edwards challenges the district court’s application of the ACCA. We affirm.

We review a sentence for procedural and substantive reasonableness using the abuse-of-discretion standard. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007); United States v. Lynn, 592 F.3d 572, 575 (4th Cir.2010). We review the legal issues involved in statutory interpretation de novo. United States v. Jenkins, 631 F.3d 680, 682 (4th Cir.2011). Edwards first argues that the Maryland statute under which he had previously been convicted does not qualify as a crime of violence for purposes of the ACCA. We have held otherwise. See id. at 685; United States v. Wardrick, 350 F.3d 446, 455 (4th Cir.2003). Edwards next argues that the ACCA is void for vagueness. Again, we have held otherwise. See United States v. Hudson, 673 F.3d 263, 268-69 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 207, 184 L.Ed.2d 106 (2012). These arguments are thus meritless.

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. 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.