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Decided: October 30, 2015
In an armed robbery case, the Fourth Circuit found that the District Court properly applied a sentence enhancement against Andrews for obstruction of justice. On that basis, the Fourth Circuit upheld …
Decided: October 27, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling.
In 1982, Plaintiff, Wendell Griffin was convicted for the murder of James Williams Wise and also for related weapons charges. In June of …
Decided: October 23, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s ruling.
The district court rejected all of the Government’s contentions that that the evidence was admissible under Fourth Amendment exceptions, granted the defendant’s motion …
Decided: October 22, 2015
The Fourth Circuit reversed the district court’s denial of defendant’s motion to suppress, vacated the defendant’s conviction and sentence, and remanded for further proceedings after determining the Culpeper, Virginia, Police Department …
Decided: September 2, 2015
In this case about the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, the Fourth Circuit held that Ductan neither forfeited nor waived his right to counsel. Based on these findings, the Fourth Circuit …
Decided: August 19, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court and held that 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c) is constitutional because of the Foreign Commerce Clause.
Defendant, Larry Bollinger (“Bollinger”), is an ordained Lutheran minister …
Decided: August 18, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that it was appropriate for the district court to allow evidence of violent acts and threats of violence against competitors and that it was appropriate for the …
Decided: August 13, 2015
In this piracy case, the Fourth Circuit rejected the defendants’ objections to the district court’s failure to dismiss piracy charges, jury instructions on piracy, and sufficiency of evidence on piracy and …
Decided: July 31, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling.
In 2005, Raymond Surratt (“Surratt”) was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Government sought enhanced penalties …
Decided: July 21, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court erred in dismissing the indictment against the defendant. The Fourth Circuit determined the analytical approach called the “modified categorical approach” applies to this …
Decided: July 13, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that the recent Supreme Court jurisprudence is clear that the defendant’s motion constitutes a mixed Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 60(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) and …
Decided: July 10, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court.
This case was an appeal of a jury trial that found Robert McDonnell and his wife guilty of accepting bribes in …
Decided: July 8, 2015
In this post-conviction relief case, the Fourth Circuit found that the district court had reasonably determined Gregory Christian’s trial attorney did not render ineffective assistance of counsel regarding West Virginia’s recidivist …
Decided: July 1, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that Plaintiff’s twenty-year solitary confinement amounted to atypical and significant hardship in relation to the general population and implicated a liberty interest in avoiding security detention. In …
Decided: June 30, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court.
This case was an appeal from the Virginia district court’s denial of Alfredo Rolando Prieto’s (“Prieto”) petition for a writ of …