United States Tenth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for drug-related offenses is affirmed where: 1) the Sentencing Guidelines enhancement for obstruction of justice, U.S.S.G. section 3C1.1, applies when defendant's obstructive conduct occurred during the prosecution of state charges preceding the federal indictment, but both federal and state charges were based on the same underlying conduct; and 2) a search of defendant's car did not violate her constitutional rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/31/2007
• Published 11/01/2007

Judges

• McCONNELL, Circuit Judge., Before McCONNELL, TYMKOVICH, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Roger K. Scowcroft, Salt Lake City, Utah for the Defendant-Appellant., Stephen J. Sorenson, Assistant United States Attorney (Brett L. Tolman, United States Attorney, with him on the briefs), Salt Lake City, Utah for the Plaintiff-Appellee.