U.S. v. FUERTES, NO. 13-4755
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 …
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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 5, 2015
In this case stemming from a series of armed robberies, the Fourth Circuit held that obtaining cell service location information (CSLI) without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment, but that the …
Decided: May 11, 2015
The Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded the district court’s ruling because it abused its discretion in excluding evidence that was reasonably necessary for the government to make its case regarding the …
Decided: May 5, 2015
The Fourth Circuit reversed the grant of summary judgment to the Underwriters and remanded the case to the district court to determine whether the answers Dr. Cohen supplied on the policy …
Decided: August 5, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion on any of the Appellants’ claims.
Wells Fargo and Walker Jackson Mortgage Corporation, a subsidiary of Long & …
Decided: June 16, 2014
The Fourth Circuit ruled that the district court erred in adopting the parent-child privilege and excusing a son “from testifying before a grand jury” on potential federal charges against his father. …
Decided: June 2, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the pre-trial identification process used to identify the appellant was not impermissibly suggestive, and even if it were unduly suggestive, that the witness’s identification of appellant …
Decided: May 15, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s civil commitment of the defendant to the custody of the United States Attorney General when the district court found that he was a sexually …
Decided: April 15, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the defendant failed to meet the high standard on appeal for his ineffective assistance of counsel claim. The Court also found that the district court acted …
Decided: May 21, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that a Virginia district court committed legal error when it denied the defendant the opportunity to cross-examine the forensic examiner whose report was presented at the defendant’s …
Decided: February 6, 2014
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant’s conviction for various charges related to credit and debit card fraud. The Fourth Circuit rejected the defendant’s arguments that the district court: …
Decided: February 4, 2014
Three defendants, Omar Hassan, Ziyad Yahi and Hysen Sherifi (collectively “Defendants”) were tried jointly in the Eastern District of North Carolina and convicted of several offenses arising from terrorist activities. After …
Decided: January 24, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina did not abuse its discretion by prohibiting Awni Shauaib Zayyad (Zayyad) from cross-examining government …
Decided: January 21, 2014
Defendant Reggie Beckton was convicted of two counts of bank robbery. Beckton appeals on two grounds: (1) that the district court erred in refusing to permit him to testify in narrative …
Decided: January 17, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina did not abuse its discretion by allowing only simultaneous sign language interpretation—rather than consecutive …