United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for distributing crack cocaine is affirmed, where: 1) the district court did not err in relying on witnesses' information, although hearsay, to determine defendant's drug quantity for sentencing purposes; 2) the Confrontation Clause does not apply at sentencing hearings, so the use of multiple hearsay did not violate Crawford's Sixth Amendment rights; and therefore, 3) defendant's sentence was not unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/01/2013
• Published 11/01/2013

Judges

• FLOYD

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

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