Pursuant to 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5, the court has determined that thi s opinion should not * be publishe d and is not precedent except under the limited circumstance s set forth in 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 .4. 

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B e fo r e R E AV L E Y , W IE N E R , a n dS O U T H W IC K , C ir c u it J u d g e s . P E R C U R IA M: * G l enB
. C la ya p p e a ls h is co n v iction a n d2 3 5 -m o n th se n te n ce f or posses sion of a f i rearm by a fel on . W e A F F IR M f or th e f ol l ow i n g reasons: 1. The di s t r i c tc o ur tdi d no te r rb y as s i gni ng c r i m i nalhi s t o r y po i nt s f or s e ve r alb ur gl ary c o nvic t i o ns f r o m 1 98 3. U nde rU
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fe ns e w i t h i n t he c r i m i nalhi s t o r y c o m put at i o n. The pr e s e n t e n c e r e p o r ts u m m a r i z e de a c h o f Cl a y ' s e a r l i e rc o n v i c t i o n s a nd United States Court of App eals

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2 s e n te n c e s . Itr e v e a le dt h a t w h e n C la yw a s p a r o le din1 9 9 0 , a p p r o x im a te ly t hi r t e e n y e ar s o f

hi s pr i o rc o ns e c ut ives e nt e nc e s had no t be e n s e rve d. The reportal so s u m m ari zed h i s 1994 convi ct i on of a n ew cri m e, w h i ch cau sed t he M i ssi ssi pp is t at e c o ur tt o r e vo ke hi s 1 99 0 pa r o l e . By s t at ut e , t he
r e vo c at i o n woul d ha ver e quir e d Cl ayt o s e rvet he " r e m ai nde ro f t he
s e nt e nc e o r i gi nall y i m po s e d .
. . . " M i s s . Cod e Ann. § 4 7- 7- 27
. Ac c o r di ng t o the r epo r treli ed upon by t he di st r i c tj udge, t he s ent enc es f r om hi s 1983
c o n v i c t i o n s we r e t o b e s e rv e dc o n c u r r e n t lywi t h t h e 1 9 9 4 s e n t e n c e . The d istri ctj u dg e f

ou n d that C l ay served a p ort i on of t h e 198 3 sentences
w ith in 1 5 y e a r s o f th e in s ta n t o ffe n s e . B e c a u s e th e fin d in gis p la u s ib le in lig h t o f th e r e c o r da s a w h o le , t h e r e is n o cle a re r r o r . SeeUni t e d S t at e sv. Ma rtin ez -Mo n civ a is , 1 4 F .3d1 0 3 0 , 1 0 3 8 (5t h C ir. 1 9 9 4 ). 2. Cl ay ’ s gui del i n es m i n i m u m sentence i s not sub st an t ivel y u n reasona bl e. C l ay argu es th at th e n ature of t h e of fen se and hi s di st an tcr i m i n alrec ord d o n o tj u s t i f

yt h e s e n t e n c e . B u t t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t c o n s i d e r e d t h e s e s a me a rg u m e n ts a n d , a fterco n sid e rin gth e fac to rs u n d e r 1 8 U .S .C

. § 3 5 5 3 (a),
r ej ect ed C l ay’ s r equ estf or a dow n w ard va ri an ce becaus eo f “them agnit ude
o f [h is ] c r im in a l h is to r y .” W e s e e n o re a s o n to d is tu rb th e p r e s u m p tiv e ly
r e a s o n a b le s e n te n c e . S ee Un i t ed S t ate s v. R od rigu ez , 523 F. 3d 519, 526 (5 th C ir. 2 0 0 8 ). 3 . W e s e e n o r e v e r s ib le e r r o rin th e a d m is s io no f t h e A T F a g e n t ’s te s tim o n y . G i v e n th e a g e n t’s s ig n ific a n t q u a lific a tio n s , in c lu d in gh is
e d u c a tio n a n dla w e n fo r c e m e n t t r a in in ga n de x p e r ie n c e , th e a g e n t lik e ly
w o u ldh a v e b e e n q u a lifie dto te s ti f ya s a n e x p e r t. SeeUni t e d S t at e sv. O l l i son , 5 55 F
. 3d 1 52, 163 ( 5th Ci r . 2 00 9)

. M o r e o ve r , w e a gr e e w i t h t he G overnm en tt h at th e t est i m on y respond ed to C l ay’ s c ross - exam i n ati on of th e p o lic e o ffic e r s o n t h e is s u e o f fin g e r p r in t e v id e n c e , see Uni t e d S t at e sv. D ar land , 6 5 9 F .2 d7 0 , 7 2 (5 t h C ir . 1 9 8 2 ), a n dw a s c u m u la t iv e to C la y ’sN o. 08- 60554

3 o w n e x p e r t w itn e s s , w h o a ls o te s tifie d th a t fin g e r p r in ts a r e n o te a s i ly
r e c o ve r e d f

r o m f i r e ar m s . E ven as s um i ng e r r o ri n t he a dm i s s i o n o f t he te s tim o n y , it w a s h a r m le s s . S eeUn itedS ta tes v. Ha ll , 500 F. 3d 439, 444 ( 5t h C i r . 2007) (“ Th e e r r oneo us i nt r oduc t i on o f c um ul at ive evi denc e w as h a rm les s e rr o r.”). 4. Th e evi den ce w as su f f i ci en tto supp ortt h e convi ct i on . Th e j u ry hea rd evi denc e thatC l ay p urc hase d t he c art he day bef or e hi s ar r es tand t hat p o lic e fo u n dth e ca r ’ s tit le inh is w a lle t. The o f f i c e rw ho s earc he d the veh i cl e t est i f

i ed that he coul d see t h e bu t tof t h e f i rearm on the f

l oorboard
w he n he o pe ne d the car door. Ar e as o nab l e j ur o rc o ul d f i nd b e yo nd a
r e a s o n a b le d o u b t th a t C la yk n o w in g lyp o s s e s s e dth e fir e a r m . S ee Un i t ed St at e sv . Pat t e rson , 4 3 1 F .3 d8 3 2 , 8 3 7 (5 th C ir . 2 0 0 5 ); Uni t e d S t at e sv. Penn i ngt on , 2 0 F .3d5 9 3 , 5 9 8 (5t h C ir. 1 9 9 8 ). 5. Fi nall y, t he r e w as no e r r o ri n t he j ur y i ns t r uc t i o ns . As w e ha vea l r e ad y de t e r m i ne d, t he j ur y c o ul d i nfe rt hatCl aykno w i ngly po s s e s s e d the fir e a r m fr o m h is o w n e r s h ip o rco n tr o l o f aca rw ith a h a n d g u n v is ib le
u n d ern ea ththe dr ive r’ s sea t. T h e d i str ict cou rt did n ot ab u se it s d is c r e tio n . S ee Uni t e d S t at e sv . Red d , 355 F
. 3d866 , 873 –74 ( 5th C i r. 2 0 0 3 ). AF F I RMED.