United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant's sentence, imposed after a conviction for supporting a terrorist organization, is affirmed over his challenge that Blakely v. Washington, 124 S. Ct. 2531 operates to invalidate his sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/08/2004
• Published 09/08/2004

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and WIDENER, WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, MOTZ, TRAXLER, KING, GREGORY, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stanley Lewis Cohen, New York, NY;  James P. McLoughlin, Jr., Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant., James W. Haldin, Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, Charlotte, NC, for Appellant., David D. Cole, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.;   Nancy Chang, Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY;  Lisa Kemler, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Alexandria, VA, for Amici Supporting Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Demetra Lambros, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee., Robert J. Conrad, Jr., United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, United States Attorney, D. Scott Broyles, Assistant United States Attorney, Charlotte, NC;  John F. DePue, John Douglas Wilson, Martha Rubio, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.