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Parties Involved:
Gary Criston
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

* 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

F I L E D

February 18, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-20468

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

GARY CRISTON,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. H-02-CR-604-1

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Before HIGGINBOTHAM, EMILIO M. GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Gary Criston was convicted in a bench trial for being a

felon in possession of a firearm, and the district court

sentenced him to 77 months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised

release, and a $100 special assessment, which the district court

ordered remitted on motion of the Government. 

Criston argues on appeal that the statute of conviction,

18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), is unconstitutional because it does not

require a substantial effect on interstate commerce and is thus

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an improper exercise of Congress’s power under the Commerce

Clause. Alternatively, Criston argues that (1) his indictment

was defective for failing to allege that his specific offense

substantially affected interstate commerce and (2) the factual

basis for his conviction was insufficient because the evidence

established only that the firearm had traveled across state lines

at some unspecified point in the past. 

Criston raises his arguments solely to preserve them for

possible Supreme Court review. As he acknowledges, his arguments

are foreclosed by Fifth Circuit precedent. See United States v.

Daugherty, 264 F.3d 513, 518 (5th Cir. 2001); United States v.

Gresham, 118 F.3d 258, 264-65 (5th Cir. 1997); United States v.

Fitzhugh, 984 F.2d 143, 145-46 (5th Cir. 1993). 

Criston also argues that the district court’s inclusion of a

written condition of supervised release prohibiting him from

possessing a dangerous weapon must be stricken because it

conflicts with the district court’s oral pronouncement of

sentence. This issue has been decided adversely to Criston. See

United States v. Torres-Aguilar, 352 F.3d 934, 937-38 (5th Cir.

2003). 

Criston has shown no error in connection with his conviction

and sentence. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is

AFFIRMED.

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