16-956-cr United States of America v. Scott
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER
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At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 23rd day of March, two thousand seventeen.
PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, RICHARD C. WESLEY, Circuit Judges. VICTOR MARRERO, District Judge.*
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Appellee, 16-956-cr
v.
MELKUAN SCOTT, AKA MEL, AKA YOUNG GOD, AKA YOUNG, AKA YG,
Defendant-Appellant,
ARTHUR STANLEY, AKA WIGS, AKA "P", AKA PENO, JEFF ANTOINE, AKA LITTLE HOMIE, RASHAWN DUBOSE, AKA CHUBBS, AKA TREV, GREGORY THOMAS, AKA QUANNY, AKA JIM JIM, AKEEM MANOO, AKA KEEME, RICARDO HOWE, AKA DINO, AKA TYSON, NEHELIAH BARNETT, AKA NELLY, AKA NEY, AKA
* Judge Victor Marrero, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.
NEAGMIAH, AKA NEHEMIAH, RAYMOND RIVERA, AKA WHITE BOY, KYRIN-ROBERT JACKSON, AKA KY, TAFARIE GREEN, AKA FARIE, IRIS PEREZ, AFESHA MANOO, AKA FESHA, AKA FEE, HORACE STARKS, JR., AKA HEAD, AKA LITTLE HEAD, JAMIE COLEMAN, AKA CITY, ARNOLD THOMPSON, AKA "B", JERROD HALL, AKA SLIME, RAQUIM SMITH, AKA BUD, AKA BUTTER, AKA RAKIM, JAMAL HOWELL, AKA SQUIZZY, RASHAWN HILL, JASON WATSON, AKA NOGGIN, SHAQILLE BROWN, AKA SHAQ, MICHAEL MORRISON, AKA NAZZIE, TYSHAWN MCDADE, AKA S DOT, AKA S DIDDY,
Defendants.
FOR APPELLEE: John H. Durham (Sandra S. Glover on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys for Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT.
FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT: Claire E. Coleman (Joseph W. Martini on the brief), Wiggins and Dana LLP, Stamford, CT.
Appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Jeffrey A. Meyer, Judge).
UPON CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Defendant-Appellant Melkuan Scott appeals the March 30, 2016 amended judgment of the district court, convicting him, upon entering a plea of guilty, of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii) and 846, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). He was principally sentenced to 156 months imprisonment followed by seven years of supervised release.
On appeal, the Defendant argues that