United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for securities fraud, mail fraud, and other related crimes is affirmed as a warrant's inclusive language was reasonably read by the postal inspection agents to encompass the seized evidence and thus, the agents' seizures were permissible.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/24/2009
• Published 11/24/2009

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and DAMON J. KEITH, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  James Wyda, Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Joyce Kallam McDonald, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Denise C. Barrett, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.