United States v. Meyst

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-4887
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
ROBERT MEYST,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Statesville. Richard L. Voorhees,
District Judge. (CR-99-20)
Submitted: August 10, 2001 Decided: September 25, 2001
Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
G. Alan DuBois, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellant. Robert J. Higdon, Jr., OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Robert A. Meyst pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to
possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in vio-
lation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1994) and one count of money laundering
in violation of 19 U.S.C. § 1956(h) (1994). On appeal, Meyst
argues that the rule announced in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S.
466 (2000), renders 21 U.S.C.A. § 841 (West 1999 & Supp. 2001)
unconstitutional on its face. We reject this argument and affirm
his convictions and sentence. See United States v. Cernobyl,
F.3d , 2001 WL 733406, **3-4 (10th Cir. June 29, 2001); United
States v. Martinez, 253 F.3d 251, 256 n.6 (6th Cir. 2001); United
States v. Brough, 243 F.3d 1078, 1079-80 (7th Cir. 2001); United
States v. Slaughter, 238 F.3d 580, 581 (5th Cir. 2000), cert.
denied, U.S. , 69 U.S.L.W. 3739 (U.S. May 21, 2001) (No. 00-
9519). See also United States v. Promise, 255 F.3d 150, 156-57
(4th Cir. 2001) (en banc). We dispense with oral argument because
the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-
terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
AFFIRMED
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