United States v. Floyd

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  No. 00-4482 LARRY LAZELLE FLOYD, a/k/a Larry L. Floyd, Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Durham. James A. Beaty, Jr., District Judge. (CR-99-280) Submitted: December 29, 2000 Decided: January 16, 2001 Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. COUNSEL Nils E. Gerber, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellant. Walter C. Holton, Jr., United States Attorney, Sandra J. Hairston, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee. 2 UNITED STATES v. FLOYD Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). OPINION PER CURIAM: Larry Lazelle Floyd appeals his conviction following a jury trial for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1994). In the sole issue raised by Floyd in this appeal, he contends that the district court erred in denying his Fed. R. Crim. P. 29 motion for acquittal. Floyd contends that his own uncor- roborated statements and notarized affidavit in which he admitted possession of the crack cocaine at issue were insufficient to support his conviction. This court reviews the denial of a motion for acquittal under a sufficiency of evidence standard. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 29; See Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60, 80 (1942); United States v. Romer, 148 F. 3d 359, 364 (4th Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 1141 (1999). In light of that standard, we have no difficulty in decid- ing that the district court did not err in denying Floyd’s motion. Floyd’s argument amounts to an invitation to this court to reweigh the evidence at trial; an invitation we uniformly decline to accept. See Glasser, 315 U.S. at 80; United States v. Saunders, 886 F.2d 56, 60 (4th Cir. 1989). Accordingly, Floyd’s conviction and sentence are affirmed.* We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argu- ment would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED *The court has considered and rejected the possibility of reversible error under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 120 S. Ct. 2348 (2000).