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Decided: August 10, 2012
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of Mubdi’s motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop, finding that the police officers involved in the traffic stop at issue …
Decided: July 26, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of Mouzone and Fleming, gang members who were jointly tried and convicted for racketeering and drug offenses. The jury convicted Mouzone and …
Decided: July 23, 2012
In this case, the Fourth Circuit held that a criminal defendant sentenced to a fifteen-year minimum sentence could not have his sentence reduced where, in both the plea agreement and at …
Decided: July 17, 2012
In this case, the court assessed whether or not a state burglary statute “substantially correspond[ed]” to the generic definition of burglary outlined by the Supreme Court in Taylor v. United States, …
Decided: July 16, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court did not err in deciding that Sean R. Francis was not a “sexually dangerous person” within the meaning of 18 …
Decided: July 13, 2012
This case involved a criminal defendant’s appeal of his 100-month sentence and special conditions imposed on his supervised release. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the 100-month sentence, reversed the district court’s imposition …
Decided: July 13, 2012
In this case, the Fourth Circuit held that a federal prisoner’s possession of a “shank” constituted a crime of violence under the career offender provision of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, thus …
Decided: July 11, 2012
On appeal, Albert C. Burgess, Jr., challenges his convictions and sentences for two felonies involving the receipt and possession of child pornography, as well as an award of restitution for losses …
Decided: July 11, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Mathur’s motion to vacate his guilty plea based on the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Kentucky v. Padilla. Mathur, …
Decided: July 9, 2012
In this appeal brought by eleven inmates in the custody of the Virginia Department of Corrections against members of the Virginia Parole Board (the “Board), the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district …
Decided: June 29, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of G. Martin Wynn for mail and wire fraud related to his engineering services undertaken for Oconee County, South Carolina to extend …
Decided: June 28, 2012
The Government appealed the district court’s grant of William P. Danielczyk, Jr. and Eugene R. Biagi’s (“Appellees”) motion to dismiss count four and paragraph 10(b) of the indictment, alleging that they …
Decided: June 26, 2011
On appeal, Sean C. Sowards argued that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress because the police lacked probable cause to initiate a traffic stop based exclusively on …
Decided: June 25, 2011
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the 15 year mandatory minimum sentence for Ronald Colson who pleaded guilty to six counts of receiving movies depicting actual female minors engaged in …
Decided: June 22, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of Anthony and Harriet Jinwright, former co-pastors of Greater Salem Church (“GSC”) in North Carolina, for conspiracy to defraud the United States …