United States Fourth Circuit

Conviction and sentence for knowingly discharging a pollutant from a point source into U.S. waters in violation of the Clean Water Act are affirmed over claim that the district court should have granted an acquittal for lack of sufficient evidence, in part as the government failed to prove defendant knew that he was discharging pollutants into U.S. waters.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/02/2007
• Decided 03/28/2007
• Published 03/28/2007

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Wayne D. Inge, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellant.   Michael Ray Fisher, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  John L. Brownlee, United States Attorney, Jennie L.M. Waering, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.