United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for drug and firearm offenses is affirmed over his claim that the district court impermissibly reduced the degree of his downward departure under section 5K1.1 of the US Sentencing Guidelines.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/21/2005
• Published 10/21/2005

Judges

• Before MICHAEL, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  John Herman Hare, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Marshall Prince, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., Smith, Massey, Brodie & Thurmond, P.A., Aiken, South Carolina, for Appellee.