U.S. v. HACKLEY

No. 10-4069.

662 F.3d 671 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Richard HACKLEY, IV, a/k/a J.R., a/k/a Baby J, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 6, 2011.

As Corrected December 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Helen Eckert Phillips , McGlothlin and Phillips, PPLC, Lebanon, Virginia, for Appellant. Jean Barrett Hudson , Office of the United States Attorney, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Timothy J. Heaphy , United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, Robert N. Tracci , Special Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge DAVIS and Judge DIAZ joined.


OPINION

DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:

James Richard Hackley ("Hackley") was convicted of several offenses related to his sale of cocaine base to a government informant and subsequent efforts to have that informant—the lead witness in the government's case against him—murdered. Hackley challenges his convictions, the joinder of the charges into a single trial, the court's refusal to grant him new counsel, and his sentence. Although the facts in this...

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