No. 04-4427
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap. Glen M. Williams, Senior
District Judge. (CR-03-10109)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Clayton Thomas was indicted for conspiring to manufacture
more than fifty grams of methamphetamine, within 1000 feet of a
school, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846 (2000) (Count One);
knowingly manufacturing more than fifty grams of methamphetamine,
within 1000 feet of a school, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1)
(2000) (Count Two); and knowingly and intentionally possessing
pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, 21
U.S.C. 841(c)(1) (2000) (Count Three).
Following a jury trial, the jury returned a special
verdict form finding Thomas guilty of three counts:
1.
2.
3.
Significantly,
the
jury
acquitted
Thomas
of
conspiracy
to
- 2 -
Thomas.1
Further, the
PSR
enhancement,
recommended
that
Thomas
receive
two-level
At sentencing, Thomas
claimed
that
the
drug
quantity
attributed
Specifically,
to
him
was
United States v. Hughes, 401 F.3d 540, 546-60 (4th Cir. 2005).
In
The Government
or
admitted
by
Thomas,
his
151-month
sentence
imposed
for
plain
error
that
must
be
recognized
under
the
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.