United States v. Solomon

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT October 25, 2006 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 05-20651 Conference Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LARRY JAMES SOLOMON, Defendant-Appellant. -------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 4:04-CR-429-4 -------------------- Before JOLLY, DeMOSS, and STEWART, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Larry James Solomon entered a guilty plea to a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon and was sentenced to 96 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. He argues that the statute of conviction, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), is unconstitutional as applied because the statute requires a substantial effect on interstate commerce and the factual basis for his plea established only that the firearm traveled in interstate commerce at some point in the past. Solomon concedes that his constitutional challenge is foreclosed by circuit * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. No. 05-20651 -2- precedent, and he raises it only to preserve its further review by the Supreme Court. We have indeed held that “the constitutionality of § 922(g) is not open to question,” United States v. Daugherty, 264 F.3d 513, 518 (5th Cir. 2001) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted), and, additionally, that the Government need only establish that the firearm was manufactured out of state to satisfy the interstate commerce element of the offense. See United States v. Guidry, 406 F.3d 314, 318-19 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 190 (2005). AFFIRMED.