United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for a drug conviction is reversed where the district court made a finding of fact that resulted in a longer sentence than the maximum authorized by the facts found by the jury alone.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/02/2005
• Published 03/02/2005

Judges

• Before MICHAEL and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and ROGER W. TITUS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Matthew Alan Wartel, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant/Cross-appellee.  Michael James Elston, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee/Cross-appellant.   ON BRIEF:  Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, LeDora Knight, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee/Cross-appellant.