United States v. Lawing, No. 11-4896 (4th Cir. 2012)
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Defendant was convicted of one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. Defendant challenged his conviction and sentence. The court held that, because the stop and search of defendant's car and seizure of his cell phone did not violate his Fourth Amendment rights, the district court did not err in denying his motion to suppress. The court also held that the district court did not err in denying defendant's Rule 29 motions to dismiss where there were sufficient facts from which a jury could conclude that defendant possessed the ammunition. The court further held that defendant's sentence was not procedurally unreasonable and the district court did not err in determining a base offense level of 26. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment
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