United States Fourth Circuit

Conviction of defendant on federal charges related to his efforts to have a government informant and witness murdered is affirmed where: 1) the evidence satisfied constitutional requirements; and 2) a district court does not constructively amend an indictment by giving a Pinkerton instruction when Pinkerton liability has not been charged by the grand jury.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/25/2010
• Decided 06/01/2010
• Published 06/01/2010

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and JOSEPH R. GOODWIN, ChiefUnited States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Andrew Howard Baida, Rosenberg, Martin, Greenberg, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Christopher John Romano, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.