United States Fourth Circuit

District court did not err in valuing ecstasy at $20 per pill for purposes of calculating the "drug equivalent" of the currency found in defendant's possession; a sentencing court need not "err," on the side of caution or otherwise, in approximating drug quantity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/16/2004
• Published 03/16/2004

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Hal W. Broadfoot, Jr.,Beaver, Holt, Sternlight, Glazier, P.A., Fayetteville, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Anne Margaret Hayes, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.  Richard B. Glazier, H. Gerald Beaver, Beaver, Holt, Sternlight, Glazier, P.A., Fayetteville, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Frank D. Whitney, United States Attorney, Christine Witcover Dean, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.