U.S. v. FARMER

No. 00-4580.

274 F.3d 800 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Haskell FARMER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: E.E. Edwards, III, Nashville, TN, for Appellant. Marvin Jennings Caughman, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, SC, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: C. Rauch Wise, Greenwood, SC, for Appellant. Scott N. Schools, United States Attorney, Columbia, SC, for Appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, GREGORY, Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge HOWARD joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

Defendant William Farmer seeks a hearing to determine whether he is entitled to fund his criminal defense using some or all of the assets seized pursuant to civil forfeiture statutes prior to his indictment. The district court denied Farmer's request for a hearing. Because Farmer made...

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