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After defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, the district court sentenced him to 120 months in prison. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment and held that the district court did not err in declining to run its sentence concurrently with the anticipated state sentence. The district court found that defendant's offense conduct was extremely serious, and explained that it would not order its sentence to run concurrently with the anticipated state sentence in light of this seriousness, remarking that a lengthy term of imprisonment was necessary in this case.
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Primary Holding
The district court did not err in declining to run its sentence concurrently with the anticipated state sentence.
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