Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason Michael DUNFORD, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-26
Citations: 389 F. App'x 255
Docket Number: No. 10-4146
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason Michael DUNFORD, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 389
Pages: 255–256

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason Michael DUNFORD, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-4146.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 13, 2010.
Decided: July 26, 2010.
Larry W. Shelton, Federal Public Defender, Randy V. Cargill, Allegra M.C. Black, Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellant. Timothy J. Heaphy, United States Attorney, Ashley B. Neese, Assistant United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jason Dunford appeals the district court's amended judgment finding he violated the terms of supervised release and revoking supervised release and sentencing him to twenty-four months' imprisonment. Dunford claims the evidence was insufficient to find that he violated the terms of supervised release. We affirm.
We review a district court's judgment revoking supervised release and imposing a term of imprisonment for abuse of discretion. United States v. Copley, 978 F.2d 829, 831 (4th Cir.1992). To revoke supervised release, a district court need only find a violation of a condition of supervised release by a preponderance of the evidence. 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3) (2006); id. This burden "simply requires the trier of fact to believe that the existence of a fact is more probable than its nonexistence." United States v. Manigan, 592 F.3d 621, 631 (4th Cir.2010) (internal quotation marks omitted). A defendant challenging the sufficiency of the evidence faces a heavy burden. United States v. Beidler, 110 F.3d 1064, 1067 (4th Cir.1997). In determining whether the evidence in the record is substantial, this Court views the evidence in the light most favorable to the government. United States v. Burgos, 94 F.3d 849, 862 (4th Cir.1996) (en banc).
We hold there was more than sufficient evidence to show by a preponderance of the evidence that Dunford violated the terms of supervised release because he was found in possession of child pornography.
Accordingly, we affirm the district court's amended judgment. 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.