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No. 06-4448
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
James R. Spencer, Chief
District Judge. (3:05-cr-00387-JRS)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Ricardo J. Trapp appeals his convictions and sentence for
distribution of 50 grams or more of cocaine base, see 21 U.S.C.A.
841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii) (West 1999 & Supp. 2007), possession of
a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, see 18
U.S.C.A. 924(c) (West 2000 & Supp. 2007), and possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon, see 18 U.S.C.A. 922(g)(1) (West
2000).
In
March
2005,
Richmond,
Virginia
narcotics
detectives
Mason indicated that the CI would need to wait because the cocaine
2
call from Mason indicating that the cocaine was ready for sale and
that they would meet in the parking lot of a McDonalds restaurant.
Richmond police officers working surveillance then observed Trapp
and Mason leave Trapps grandmothers residence in a vehicle driven
by Trapp.
buy location.
the agreed upon amount, Trapp and Mason told the CI that he could
ride back with them to pick up the remainder.
The CI declined.
Trapp was stopped soon after leaving the parking lot and
arrested.
drugs and that a drug transaction took place in his car on June 24,
2005 in the restaurant parking lot.
aware a drug transaction had taken place between Mason and the CI
on May 6, 2005.
recovered from his car was not his, he had the only set of keys to
the car.
After a one-day bench trial, Trapp was convicted and sentenced
to 262 months imprisonment for distribution of 50 grams or more of
cocaine base. He was also sentenced to a 60-month consecutive term
for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking
crime, and to a 120-month concurrent term for possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon.
II.
Trapp argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his
convictions.
evidence]
will
be
confined
to
cases
where
the
1, 17 (1978).
also
challenges
the
sufficiency
of
the
evidence
Because
was
required
possessed a firearm.
to
prove
only
that
Trapp
knowingly
606 (4th Cir. 1995) (en banc); United States v. Scott, 424 F.3d
431, 435-36 (4th Cir. 2005). The evidence in the record, including
Trapps
own
testimony
that
the
vehicle
was
his
and
that
he
the only person with keys to it, and that he drove Mason to the
parking lot on June 24, 2005 for a drug sale.
The firearm,
908, 927 (4th Cir. 1997) (noting that review of district courts
determination of prosecutorial misconduct is mixed question of law
and fact).
Evidence tending to
The record reveals that the Government was not aware of the
See id.
In
to break the law in one instance then she might also be willing to
break the law in other instances.