United States Fourth Circuit

Where defendant communicates to all members of the conspiracy that his withdrawal from the conspiracy would jeopardize his usefulness to law enforcement as a cooperating witness, the cooperation itself was inconsistent with the aims of the conspiracy and thus signalled a withdrawal from it.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/03/2000
• Decided 02/07/2001
• Published 02/07/2001

Judges

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

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Robert Allen Ratliff, Cincinnati, OH, for Appellant.   Jane Barrett Taylor, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, SC, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  J. Rene Josey, United States Attorney, Columbia, SC, for Appellee.