U.S. v. WILLIAMSON

No. 18-4837.

953 F.3d 264 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles C. WILLIAMSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David W. Frame , LAW OFFICE OF DAVID W. FRAME, Clarksburg, West Virginia, for Appellant. Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr. , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William J. Powell , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Motz joined.


In our criminal justice system, sentences for drug offenses are primarily based on the type and weight of the drug involved. In July 2018, Charles C. Williamson pleaded guilty to one count of aiding-and-abetting the distribution of methamphetamine. At sentencing, when deciding on the quantity of methamphetamine to attribute...

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