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Date Created: 2023-11-09 21:01:10.799101+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-4469

        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                             Plaintiff - Appellee,

                      v.

        RASHAWN AKI SIMON,

                             Defendant - Appellant.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
        Wilmington. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (7:19-cr-00074-FL-1)

        Submitted: April 28, 2023                                    Decided: November 6, 2023

        Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        ON BRIEF: Joseph E. Zeszotarski, Jr., GAMMON, HOWARD & ZESZOTARSKI,
        PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Michael F. Easley, Jr., United States
        Attorney, David A. Bragdon, Assistant United States Attorney, Sarah E. Nokes, Assistant
        United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh,
        North Carolina, for Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

               Rashawn Simon was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to

        distribute one kilogram or more of a mixture and substance containing PCP, and with

        possession with intent to distribute the same while aiding and abetting another.

        See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846. The district court sentenced Simon to 160 months of

        imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release.

               Simon challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions on both

        counts and contends the district court erroneously denied his motions for judgment of

        acquittal before submission to the jury. Fed. R. Crim. P. 29(a). “We review de novo a

        district court’s denial of a Rule 29 motion, upholding a jury verdict if there is substantial

        evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the government, to support it.” United

        States v. Chong Lam, 677 F.3d 190, 198 (4th Cir. 2012) (quotation marks and alterations

        omitted). If, however, “a defendant raises specific grounds in a Rule 29 motion, grounds

        that are not specifically raised are waived on appeal.” Id. at 200.

               We have carefully reviewed the record and have identified no reversible error. We

        dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately

        presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional

        process.

                                                                                        AFFIRMED

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