U.S. v. SAMPSON

Nos. 96-4431, 96-4446.

140 F.3d 585 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eric Creighton SAMPSON, a/k/a Big E, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cedric Lamont DEAN, a/k/a Ced, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Noell Peter Tin, Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A., Charlotte, NC; Sharon Dunigan Jumper, Charlotte, NC, for Appellants. Gretchen C.F. Shappert, Assistant United States Attorney, Charlotte, NC, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stephen Luke Largess, Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A., Charlotte, NC, for Appellants. Mark T. Calloway, United States Attorney, Charlotte, NC, for Appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge NIEMEYER joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

A jury convicted Eric Creighton Sampson and Cedric Lamont Dean of various narcotics and firearms offenses. The district court sentenced Sampson to life imprisonment and Dean to life imprisonment plus five years. Sampson and Dean appeal, asserting several...

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