United States Fourth Circuit

The enhancement of a criminal defendant's sentence on the basis of three previous convictions does not violate his Sixth Amendment rights when the prior convictions were not alleged in the indictment or admitted by the defendant during his plea colloquy.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/27/2005
• Decided 07/19/2005
• Published 07/19/2005

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Michael Allen Meetze, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of The Federal Public Defender, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellant.   ON BRIEF:  Mark C. Moore, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of The United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.  J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, Rose Mary Parham, Assistant United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellee.