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Decided: August 22, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Appellants’ convictions, but vacated McLaurin’s sentence and remanded for resentencing.
Appellants were working with disgruntled drug couriers, and implemented a plan to rob a drug “stash house” …
Decided: November 17, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Michael White’s (“White”) conviction for arson-related charges, and affirmed his enhanced sentence for commission of arson to a “dwelling.”
White was something of an entrepreneur in West …
Decided: November 13, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court erred in applying a “vulnerable victim” sentence enhancement to John Dowell’s (“Dowell”) conviction for child pornography-related crimes. However, the Court also held that …
Decided: November 14, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court and upheld an eight-level sentencing enhancement under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”) based on Defendant’s prior first-degree burglary conviction. The Court …
Decided: October 22, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Jay Briley’s (“Briley”) conviction on two felony counts and one misdemeanor count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 111(a) by causing injury to Federal Park Officers (“Officers”) during …
Decided: October 15, 2014
The Fourth Circuit upheld Defendant’s (“Catone”) conviction for making a false statement in connection with his receipt of federal worker’s compensation benefits, but vacated his sentence and the restitution order, and …
Decided: August 7, 2014
The Fourth Circuit denied Modanlo’s midtrial notice of appeal, and held that the district court was not stripped of jurisdiction when Modanlo made his midtrial notice of appeal.
Modanlo was charged …
Decided: August 19, 2014
The Fourth Circuit declined application of the exclusionary rule to suppress evidence police officers gathered against Stephens, and affirmed his conviction for illegal possession of a firearm.
In 2011, police officers …
Decided: July 3, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court erred in denying the defendants’, employees at a federal detention center, motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity.
After he was assaulted …
Decided: July 1, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that: (1) Seignious failed to show prejudice because the district court failed to follow the various procedures that 18 U.S.C. § 3664(a)–(d) required; (2) Seignious was not …
Decided: July 25, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the Appellant’s sentence enhancement based on the district court’s finding that he illegally reentered the country after his prior conviction for felony drug trafficking in North Carolina …
Decided: July 14, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court, and held that McQuiggin v. Perkins does not extend to cases in which a movant asserts actual innocence from his sentence, rather than from …
Decided: July 1, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court, and held that the indictment contained sufficient evidence to support the Defendant’s convictions, and identify the essential elements of the crimes charged.
Perry, the …
Decided: July 1, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Brown’s convictions for conspiring to traffic drugs, and for her role in a related murder. The Court concluded that the police did not violate Brown’s Fifth Amendment …
Decided: June 27, 2014
The Fourth Circuit vacated the Defendant’s enhanced sentence, and remanded the case for resentencing.
Henriquez, the Defendant, pled guilty to illegally reentering the United States (U.S.) in violation of 8 U.S.C. …