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Parties Involved:
Terrence Maurice McNally
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-6928

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

TERRENCE MAURICE MCNALLY,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Spartanburg. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., Senior

District Judge. (7:07-cr-00939-HMH-1)

Submitted: June 1, 2010 Decided: June 4, 2010

Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jessica Salvini, SALVINI & BENNETT, LLC, Greenville, South 

Carolina, for Appellant. Maxwell B. Cauthen, III, Assistant 

United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Terrence Maurice NcNally pled guilty to being a felon 

in possession of a firearm (Count 1), 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) 

(2006), and possession with intent to distribute marijuana 

(Count 2), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (2006). McNally was sentenced 

to a total of ninety-two months of imprisonment (ninety-two 

months for Count 1 and sixty months concurrent for Count 2). 

His ninety-two month sentence was the bottom of his properlycalculated advisory Sentencing Guidelines range. On appeal, 

counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 

U.S. 738 (1967), asserting there are no meritorious grounds for 

appeal, but raising one issue: whether the district court erred 

by denying McNally’s motion to suppress evidence found as a 

result of the search of his home. For the reasons that follow, 

we affirm.

As conceded by appellate counsel, however, McNally is 

barred from contesting the denial of his suppression motion as a 

result of his guilty plea.∗

 ∗ We note that McNally could have attempted to negotiate a 

conditional plea, reserving the right to appeal the suppression 

issue. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(a)(2).

 When a defendant pleads guilty, he 

waives all nonjurisdictional defects in the proceedings 

conducted prior to entry of the plea. United States v. Bundy, 

392 F.3d 641, 644 (4th Cir. 2004). When a criminal defendant 

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enters a guilty plea, he may not thereafter raise independent 

claims relating to the deprivation of constitutional rights that 

occurred prior to the entry of the guilty plea. Blackledge v. 

Perry, 417 U.S. 21, 29-30 (1974). 

In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record 

in this case and have found no meritorious issues for appeal. 

We therefore affirm McNally’s convictions and sentence. This 

court requires that counsel inform McNally in writing, of the 

right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for 

further review. If McNally 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 McNally. 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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