U.S. v. WARD

Nos. 97-4226, 97-4247 and 97-4248.

171 F.3d 188 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lancelot WARD, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernard Gibson, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin Cox, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Fred Warren Bennett, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant Ward; Deborah Naomi Abramson, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant Gibson; Joseph Edmond Beshouri, Washington, D.C., for Appellant Cox. Sandra Wilkinson, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Stuart A. Berman, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.

Before HAMILTON and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL, Senior United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge Michael wrote the opinion, in which Judge Hamilton and Judge Luttig joined.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Senior District Judge:

I.

On October 4, 1996 a jury found Lancelot Ward, Bernard Gibson, and Kevin Cox guilty of conspiring to distribute and to possess with an intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. Ward, Gibson, and Cox were indicted following...

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