United States Fourth Circuit

Conviction and sentence for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and a mixture containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine are affirmed over claim that the district court found that it did not have the authority to impose a sentence below the Guidelines range.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/22/2008
• Published 02/22/2008

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HENRY F. FLOYD, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Timothy Joseph Sullivan, Brennan, Sullivan & McKenna, L.L.P., Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant.  Eric J. Heimann, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  William C. Brennan, Jr., Brennan, Sullivan & McKenna, L.L.P., Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant.   Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney, Daniel Grooms, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.