U.S. v. GALECKI

No. 18-4727, No. 18-4730.

932 F.3d 176 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin GALECKI, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Burton Ritchie, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: J. Lloyd Snook, III , SNOOK & HAUGHEY, P.C., Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellants. Eric Matthew Hurt , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Christian L. Connell , Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant Benjamin Galecki. G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Kevin Hudson , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Judge Floyd and Senior Judge Duncan joined.


A federal jury convicted Benjamin Galecki and Charles Burton Ritchie ("Defendants") of charges related to a conspiracy to distribute controlled substance analogues. Defendants then appealed to this Court for the first time, challenging several of the trial court's rulings, including the failure to compel a Drug Enforcement Administration...

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