U.S. v. STEFFEN

No. 12-4484.

741 F.3d 411 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kurt STEFFEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kimberly Harvey Albro , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Robert Nicholas Bianchi , Office of the United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mary Gordon Baker , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. William N. Nettles , United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge AGEE joined.


BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider the application of a role enhancement to a sentence imposed on South Carolina Highway Patrolman Kurt Steffen, who participated in a conspiracy involving the large-scale cultivation of marijuana. Steffen argues that the district court erred in enhancing his sentence after finding that Steffen was a manager or supervisor of the drug conspiracy. Upon our review, we conclude that the district court did...

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