U.S. v. STRICKLAND

Nos. 99-4855 to 99-4856, 99-4857, 99-4858, 99-4859, 99-4860, 99-4861, 99-4862, 99-4863, 99-4864.

245 F.3d 368 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugene Strickland, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marshall Strickland, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tiffany Graham, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emily Charity Chavis, a/k/a Pooh, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mickey Strickland, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert M. Strickland, a/k/a Punch, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leon Strickland, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mitchell Kelly Chavis, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Travis Strickland, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patricia McGirt, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert John McAfee, McCOTTER, McAFEE & ASHTON, New Bern, North Carolina; Felix Thomas Holt, III, BEAVER, HOLT, RICHARDSON, STERNLICHT, BURGE & GLAZIER, P.A., Fayetteville, North Carolina; Vaughan Sharp Winborne, Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina; Hart Miles, Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellants.

Mary Jude Darrow, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Richard B. Glazier, BEAVER, HOLT, RICHARDSON, STERNLICHT, BURGE & GLAZIER, P.A., Fayetteville, North Carolina, for Appellant Marshall Strickland; Gregory J. Ramage, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant Graham; Mark E. Edwards, EDWARDS & FLEMMING, P.L.L.C., Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant Emily Chavis; James M. Ayers, II, New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellant Mickey Strickland; Robert L. Cooper, COOPER, DAVIS & COOPER, Fayetteville, North Carolina, for Appellant Mitchell Chavis; Carlton M. Mansfield, Lumberton, North Carolina, for Appellant Travis Strickland; David K. Williams, Jr., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant McGirt. Janice McKenzie Cole, United States Attorney, Anne M. Hayes, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Before NIEMEYER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and JAMES H. MICHAEL, JR., Senior United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge MICHAEL joined. Judge MICHAEL wrote an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

On appeal from their convictions for conspiracy to traffic in drugs and related offenses, the ten defendants in this case challenge their sentences under Apprendi v. New Jersey,

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