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Parties Involved:
Terry dean Lester
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-5103

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

TERRY DEAN LESTER,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western

District of Virginia, at Abingdon. James P. Jones, Chief District

Judge. (1:06-cr-00067-jpj-1)

Submitted: September 11, 2008 Decided: September 15, 2008

Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Larry W. Shelton, Federal Public Defender, Nancy C. Dickenson,

Assistant Federal Public Defender, Christine Madeleine Spurell,

Research and Writing Attorney, Abingdon, Virginia, for Appellant.

John L. Brownlee, United States Attorney, Jennifer R. Bockhorst,

Assistant United States Attorney, Abingdon, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).

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PER CURIAM:

Terry Dean Lester pled guilty to possession of a firearm

by a convicted felon after having been subject to a protective

court order, and was sentenced to 180 months in prison, the

statutory mandatory minimum term pursuant to the Armed Career

Criminal Act. See 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 922(g), 924(e)(1) (West 2000 &

Supp. 2008). On appeal, his attorney has filed an Anders*

 brief,

concluding that there are no meritorious issues for appeal but

asserting that Lester’s classification as an armed career criminal

was unconstitutional because Lester’s predicate convictions were

not charged in the indictment. Although informed of his right to

do so, Lester has not filed a pro se supplemental brief. After a

thorough review of the entire record, we affirm. 

As counsel notes, Lester’s argument is barred by controlling

circuit precedent. We have repeatedly found that the indictment

need not reference or list prior convictions used as a basis for an

armed career criminal sentence. See, e.g., United States v.

Thompson, 421 F.3d 278, 284 n.4 (4th Cir. 2005); United States v.

Cheek, 415 F.3d 349, 352-54 (4th Cir. 2005). 

In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record in

this case and have found no meritorious issues for appeal.

Accordingly, we affirm Lester’s conviction and sentence. This

court requires that counsel inform her client, in writing, of his

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right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for

further review. If the client requests that a petition be filed,

but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then

counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from

representation. Counsel’s motion must state that a copy thereof

was served on the client. We dispense with oral argument 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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