Christopher McPherson v. United States
Securities Privacy
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in upholding the convictions on Count V and Count IV
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to reverse the conviction on Count V of the Superseding Indictment Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime (18 U.S.C. Sec. 924(c) (1) (A)) where the evidence was insufficient and the prosecution’s failure was clear? II. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred, under a Plain Error standard, by failing to reverse the conviction on Count IV of the Superseding Indictment — Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 U.S.C. Sec. 922(g) (1)and 924(a) (2)) where the Government failed the Rehaif test and the evidence was insufficient and the prosecution’s failure was clear? III. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred, ‘under the “reasonableness” and the “deferential abuse-of-discretion standard,” by failing to reverse the sentences on both Count V and IV based on the insufficiency of the evidence underlying the convictions, and the failure of the record to support by a preponderance of the evidence drug trafficking by Mr. McPherson? i RULE 14.1(b) STATEMENT There are no parties in addition to those listed in the caption. ii