United States Fourth Circuit

Convictions for drug trafficking and firearm violations, related to contraband found in defendant's apartment after a no-knock search, are affirmed over evidentiary claims, however, sentence of 188 months for defendant's drug-trafficking conviction exceeds the maximum sentence authorized without judge-found facts and is vacated.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/03/2006
• Decided 03/23/2006
• Published 03/23/2006

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  John Hanjin Chun, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.   Craig Michael Wolff, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  James Wyda, Federal Public Defender, Denise C. Barrett, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Allen F. Loucks, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.