UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-4098
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
KEVIN RONREGUS JONES, a/k/a Ron, a/k/a Kevin
Ronregas Jones,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. Jerome B. Friedman, District Judge.
(CR-97-149)
Submitted: February 21, 2002 Decided: March 4, 2002
Before WILKINS, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
B. Thomas Reed, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Paul J. McNulty,
United States Attorney, Laura M. Everhart, Assistant United States
Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Kevin Ronregus Jones appeals his conviction and sentence
imposed for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to
distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1994), and
possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine
base in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 841(a)(1) (West 1999 & Supp.
2001). On appeal, he argues only that Congress exceeded its au-
thority under the Commerce Clause in enacting the drug trafficking
statute, 21 U.S.C.A. § 841. Jones contends that drug trafficking
is not an activity affecting interstate commerce that Congress may
regulate pursuant to the Commerce Clause.
We rejected this claim in United States v. Leshuk, 65 F.3d
1105, 1111-12 (4th Cir. 1995), concluding that under United States
v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), intrastate drug trafficking activity
had a substantial effect on interstate commerce. Accordingly, we
affirm Jones’ conviction and sentence. We dispense with oral argu-
ment 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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