U.S. v. UWAEME

No. 91-5784.

975 F.2d 1016 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Innocent U. UWAEME, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1992.

As Amended November 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles James Maxfield, Dunn, McCormack, MacPherson & Maxfield, Fairfax, Va., argued for defendant-appellant.

Julie Anne Blink, Office of the United States Atty., Alexandria, Va., argued (Kenneth E. Melson, U.S. Atty., Robert Montague Wilkinson, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Innocent U. Uwaeme challenges his sentence for the importation and possession with intent to distribute 400 or more grams of heroin. 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 952(a), 960(b)(2)(A) (1988); United States Sentencing Commission, Guidelines Manual, § 2D1.1(c)(8) (Nov. 1990). He contends that the Government's estimate of the quantity of drugs is insufficiently reliable to support his sentence because the chemist...

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