U.S. v. WARD

No. 18-4720.

972 F.3d 364 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy A. WARD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Caroline Swift Platt , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard Daniel Cooke , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Geremy C. Kamens , Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, Valencia D. Roberts , Assistant Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Heather Hart Mansfield , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Richardson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Keenan joined. Chief Judge Gregory wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment.


In 2018, Timothy Ward pleaded guilty to one count of distributing cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. Because Ward was thrice before convicted of a felony "controlled substance offense," the district court applied a career-offender enhancement to Ward's sentence. U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1(a). As a result, Ward faced...

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