Browse by Year
Browse by Category
Decided: August 26, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that, because the elements of sexual abuse under the Maryland Code do not correspond to the elements of any enumerated “crime of violence” under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii), …
Decided: August 23, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the sentence and conviction of Gregory Bartko in connection with his role in a fraudulent investment scheme. The court found that district court did not err in …
Decided: August 21, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of defendant’s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) – possession of a firearm …
Decided: August 13, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that a conviction under Virginia law for assault and battery of a police officer did not categorically qualify as a crime of violence that could serve as …
Decided: August 6, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed James Ernest Lespier’s jury conviction on two offenses arising from the murder of his ex-girlfriend on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ reservation. In its opinion, the …
Decided: July 19, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (“the district court”) improperly granted a qualified reporter’s privilege to James Risen (“Risen”) under the …
Decided: July 17, 2013
Finding that the district court’s criminal sentence was neither procedurally nor substantively unreasonable, the Fourth Circuit affirmed.
Yooho Weon (“Weon”) was charged with five counts of willfully evading corporate income tax …
Decided: July 17, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina properly considered the government’s motion for an upward departure under section 4A1.3 of the …
Decided: July 12, 2013
Finding that the district court did not err in finding Mohammad Saaili Shibin (“Shibin”) guilty of all 15 charges relating to his involvement in the piracy and ransom of two ships …
Decided: July 5, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina did not commit clear error by ordering civil commitment of Mikel Bolander (“Bolander”) as …
Decided: July 5, 2013
Finding that the Maryland offense of resisting arrest constitutes a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the District Court for the District of Maryland’s application of …
Decided: June 26, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the 105 month sentence imposed on Timothy Harris after he pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of firearms by a felon after the district court applied …
Decided: June 24, 2013
The Fourth Circuit vacated Zavier Marquis Davis’ consolidated sentence for multiple violations of North Carolina state law and remanded the case for resentencing holding that a consolidated sentence under North Carolina …
Decided: June 20, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina properly applied the offense level of attempted second-degree murder to James Ashford’s conviction of illegal …
Decided: June 19, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s order granting, in part, the defendant’s motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).
In September 1996, Smalls was …