Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Allen SMITH, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-11-26
Citations: 51 F. App'x 415
Docket Number: No. 02-4260
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Allen SMITH, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 51
Pages: 415–416

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Allen SMITH, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 02-4260.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 29, 2002.
Decided Nov. 26, 2002.
Darryl W. Ringer, Natalie J. Sal, Law Offices of Darrell W. Ringer, Morgantown, West Virginia, for Appellant. Thomas E. Johnston, United States Attorney, Sherry L. Muncy, Assistant United States Attorney, Clarksburg, West Virginia, for Appel-lee.
Before WILLIAM D. WILKINS, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Richard Allen Smith, Jr., appeals his convictions of various drug and firearm offenses and corresponding 646-month term of imprisonment. Smith raises three claims on appeal: (1) that the district court erroneously failed to grant his motion for a new trial on his convictions for Counts 39, 45, and 46; (2) that the district court erroneously precluded him from fully cross-examining government witnesses from the West Virginia State Police Laboratory about alleged mishandling of evidence at the lab; and (3) that the jury was improperly empaneled so as to deny him the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a "fair cross-section" of the community.
We conclude Smith's contentions are meritless. The evidence overwhelmingly supported each of Smith's convictions for conduct alleged in Counts 39, 45, and 46, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Smith's motion for a new trial. See United States v. Russell, 221 F.3d 615, 619 (4th Cir.2000). Like wise, the court's actions in sustaining objections to Smith's cross-examination of lab witnesses were entirely proper, given that Smith attempted to reference statements and persons not developed in the record and not pertinent to his trial. Finally, Smith's claim of the denial of a "fair cross-section" of the community in his jury pool is meritless. See Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357, 364, 99 S.Ct. 664, 58 L.Ed.2d 579 (1979); Truesdale v. Moore, 142 F.3d 749, 755 (4th Cir.1998); United States v. Cecil, 836 F.2d 1431, 1445-46 (4th Cir.1988) (en banc).
Accordingly, we affirm Smith's convictions and sentence. 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.