U.S. v. STERLING

No. 15-4297.

860 F.3d 233 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey Alexander STERLING, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William James Trunk , ROBBINS, RUSSELL, ENGLERT, ORSECK, UNTEREINER & SAUBER, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Eric Gary Olshan , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Lawrence S. Robbins , ROBBINS, RUSSELL, ENGLERT, ORSECK, UNTEREINER & SAUBER, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Leslie R. Caldwell , Assistant Attorney General, Sung-Hee Suh , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Robert A. Parker , Criminal Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Dana J. Boente , United States Attorney, James L. Trump , Dennis M. Fitzpatrick , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part and vacated in part by published opinion. Judge Diaz wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory joined. Judge Traxler wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


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