U.S. v. NEWSOME

Nos. 01-4542, 01-4841, 01-4543, 01-4842 and 01-4819.

322 F.3d 328 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dallas NEWSOME, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Newsome, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Denzil Grant, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernest Ray Brant, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Newsome, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert James O'Brien, Buckhannon, WV; Scott Allen Curnette, Curnette Law Office, Elkins, WV, for Appellants. Sherry L. Muncy, Assistant United States Attorney, Clarksburg, WV, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Dwight R. Hall, Beverly, WV, for Appellant Michael Newsome; Jessica M. Baker, Jory & Smith, Elkins, WV, for Appellant Brant. Thomas E. Johnston, United States Attorney, Clarksburg, WV, for Appellee.

Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINS and Judge KING joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge.

Ernest Ray Brant, Denzil Grant, Dallas Newsome, and Michael Newsome were convicted of participating in a conspiracy to cut down and steal black cherry trees from the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, causing the United States a total loss of $248,459.53. Brant, Grant, and Dallas Newsome...

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