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No. 12-5015
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
James C. Dever III,
Chief District Judge. (5:11-cr-00217-D-6)
Submitted:
Decided:
February 7, 2014
PER CURIAM:
A jury convicted Domonic Devarrise Usher on one count
of
conspiracy
to
commit
violations
of
the
Hobbs
Act
conspiracy
and
each
of
the
robbery
convictions
to
run
months
imprisonment
on
Count
Three;
and
mandatory
courts
imposition
of
consecutive
sentences
on
the
Eighth
punishment.
Amendments
protection
We affirm.
against
cruel
and
unusual
I.
Usher first argues that the prosecutors conduct of
repeating
witness
answers
during
their
testimony
resulted
in
18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(C)(i).
trafficking
carried,
or
crime
during
possessed.
18
which
U.S.C.
the
firearm
was
used,
924(c)(1)(D)(ii).
The
not
employed
find
no
plain
error
in
the
district
courts
in
various
the
constitutional
forms
throughout
sense,
our
having
Nations
been
history.
Indeed, this
(lengthy
mandatory
sentences
4
imposed
on
defendants
by
count-stacking
provisions
of
18
U.S.C.
924(c)
did
not
See, e.g., Jones v. Purvis, 646 F.2d 127, 128 (4th Cir.
(per
Amendment
curiam)
where
(sentence
it
was
did
not
well
violate
within
the
the
Eighth
statutory
we
affirm
Ushers
convictions
and
the
We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately
presented
in
the
materials
before
this
court
and