UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-4932
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
GORDON EDWARD HALL, JR.,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Greensboro. William L. Osteen, District
Judge. (CR-00-157)
Submitted: May 15, 2001 Decided: May 23, 2001
Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Louis C. Allen, III, Federal Public Defender, Gregory Davis,
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, for Appellant.
Benjamin H. White, Jr., United States Attorney, Steven H. Levin,
Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Gordon Edward Hall, Jr., appeals his conviction for possession
of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, in vio-
lation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 924(c)(1)(A) (West 2000). We affirm.
Hall contends the evidence at trial was insufficient to estab-
lish the possession of the firearms was in furtherance of the drug
trafficking crime. A defendant challenging the sufficiency of the
evidence to support a conviction bears "a heavy burden." United
States v. Hoyte, 51 F.3d 1239, 1245 (4th Cir. 1995). On direct
appeal of a criminal conviction, a “verdict of a jury must be
sustained if there is substantial evidence, taking the view most
favorable to the Government, to support it.” Glasser v. United
States, 315 U.S. 60, 80 (1942); see also United States v. Hastings,
134 F.3d 235, 238 (4th Cir. 1998).
We have reviewed the record and briefs and find sufficient
evidence to support Hall’s conviction. Accordingly, we affirm
Hall’s conviction. We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
AFFIRMED
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