United States Fourth Circuit

Convictions and sentences for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm for one defendant, are affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court erred in allowing certain expert testimony; 2) the district court erred in giving misleading jury instructions; 3) the district court erred in not suppressing wiretaps; 4) there was insufficient evidence to support a conviction for conspiracy; and 5) there was insufficient evidence to support the firearms convictions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/02/2007
• Decided 04/19/2007
• Published 04/19/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Ann N. Sagerson, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Martin Joseph Clarke, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Thomas J. Saunders, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant Gregory Lamont Wilson;  Peter Dennis Ward, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant Edwin Lloyd Murray;  Philip A. Sechler, Amer S. Ahmed, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for Appellant Derrick Lenwood Powell.  Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.