UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 84-5361, 84-5362.

753 F.2d 329 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Melvin WILLIAMS, Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Glenn Moore HAWKINS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Cynkar, Asst. U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va. (Elsie L. Munsell, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., Carroll W. Weimer, Jr., Third Year Law Student on brief), for appellant.

Nelson R. Kandel, Baltimore, Md. (Christopher N. Kandel, Third Year Law Student on brief) and Howard L. Cardin, Baltimore, Md., for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

The government has appealed a decision by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to release defendants Melvin Williams and Glenn Moore Hawkins on cash or surety bail of $200,000 and $100,000 respectively. Our jurisdiction over the pretrial appeal is conferred by section 3145(c) of the recently enacted Bail Reform Act of 1984, part of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, Pub.L. No. 98-473, § 203...

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