PUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-4235

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

ERIC HENDERSON,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Kenneth D. Bell, District Judge. (3:20-cr-00288-KDB-DSC-1)

Argued: October 26, 2023 Decided: December 13, 2023

Before GREGORY and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and Robert S. BALLOU, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Reversed by published opinion. Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Ballou joined.

ARGUED: Chiege Ojugo Kalu Okwara, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Anthony Joseph Enright, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.