Christopher McPherson v. United States
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?
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in upholding the convictions on Count V and Count IV