United States Fourth Circuit

While the sentencing guidelines preserve a broad range of discretion for district courts, a court has no discretion to disregard relevant conduct in order to achieve the sentence it considers appropriate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/14/2003
• Published 03/14/2003

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, WIDENER, Circuit Judge, and GREENBERG, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED: Mary Elizabeth Maguire, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.  Laura C. Marshall, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  Frank W. Dunham, Jr., Federal Public Defender, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.   Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.