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Decided April 26, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the plaintiff’s conviction of conspiracy to possess crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, finding substantial supporting evidence and no error in its pretrial …
Decided: April 18, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the District of Maryland properly applied a sixteen-level sentencing enhancement to Trino Medina-Campo’s prison term, as his felony conviction under …
Decided: April 15, 2013
Consolidating appeals from a joint-criminal trial, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia with respect to the district court’s evidentiary rulings and one defendant’s argument …
Decided: March 29, 2013
Price pled guilty to accessing the Internet with the intent to view child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(5)(B) and (b)(2). The district court found that Price’s offense involved …
Decided: March 29, 2013
William Leonard Graham appealed his conviction of one count of conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. On appeal, Graham asserted reversible …
Decided: March 18, 2013
Woods was convicted of numerous charges arising from a tax fraud scheme. On appeal, he argued that his trial was prejudiced by three errors: (1) that the district court improperly restricted …
Decided: March 12, 2013
William Scott MacDonald challenged the district’s court denial of his writ of habeas corpus. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the district court’s judgment and remand for an award of …
Decided: March 7, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that convictions under Tennessee’s statutory rape statute, which sets the age of consent at eighteen, do not categorically qualify for the crime-of-violence sentencing enhancement established at U.S.S.G. …
Decided: March 4, 2013
The Government appealed the district court’s decision to reduce the Defendant’s sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), contending that the district court erred in its interpretation of its original sentencing ruling …
Decided: March 1, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and vacated the defendant’s conviction of a carjacking and remanded the case for a new trial. The Fourth Circuit ruled that the district court …
Decided: February 28, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Deffenbaugh’s conviction for conspiracy to cause a false distress call to be communicated to the U.S. Coast Guard, and causing a false distress call to be communicated …
Decided on: February 28, 2013
Michael Defonte Bernard appealed the district court’s decision to allow him to represent himself at trial, despite his questionable mental capacity. Bernard argued that Indiana v. Edwards, 554 U.S. 164 …
Decided: February 26, 2013
A juvenile defendant-appellant appealed part of his sentence that required him to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”). Appellant claimed that requiring him to register contravened his …
Decided: April 1, 2013
The Fourth Circuit reversed the judgment of the district court and held that a Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) officer’s misconduct – deliberately lying on an affidavit for a search warrant that …
Decided: February 25, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and vacated the district court’s denial of a motion to suppress a firearm obtained during an improper Terry stop. The Fourth Circuit ruled that …