UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-6092
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
ORVILLE ISAAC WRIGHT,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. W. Earl Britt, Senior Dis-
trict Judge. (CR-95-76-BR)
Submitted: April 25, 2000 Decided: May 12, 2000
Before MURNAGHAN and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Orville Isaac Wright, Appellant Pro Se. Christine Witcover Dean,
Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Orville Isaac Wright appeals from the denial of his motion for
a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. The district court
denied this motion because it was filed beyond the three-year limit
prescribed by Fed. R. Crim. P. 33. Wright asserts that the dis-
trict court erred in calculating the deadline based on the date of
the jury’s verdict, rather than the date when he completed appel-
late review. Contrary to Wright’s assertions, however, Rule 33
provides that the three-year limitations period runs from “the
verdict or finding of guilt.” Accordingly, we affirm the district
court’s ruling that Wright’s motion was untimely. We deny Wright’s
motion for appointment of counsel. 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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