United States DC Circuit

Defendant's conviction and sentence for drug and firearm offenses is affirmed over her claims of error regarding admission of evidence seized pursuant to an allegedly invalid search warrant, and that the government failed to prove that a seized substance was cocaine base or crack cocaine.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/13/2005
• Decided 02/10/2006
• Published 02/13/2006

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, SENTELLE, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas J. Saunders, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John P. Gidez, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, John R. Fisher, Assistant U.S. Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese III and Elana Tyrangiel, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.