UNITED STATES v. McKINNIE

No. 19-4888.

21 F.4th 283 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mikkel MCKINNIE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Seth Allen Neyhart , Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant. David A. Bragdon , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert J. Higdon, Jr. , United States Attorney, G. Norman Acker, III , Acting United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker , Assistant United States Attorney, Kristine L. Fritz , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion in which Judge Agee and Judge Floyd joined.


On the morning of December 1, 2016, Trevor Nelson died of a drug overdose. Hours before his death, Nelson was sold "China White" fentanyl by appellant Mikkel McKinnie. McKinnie was indicted in the Eastern District of North Carolina and pleaded guilty to distribution of a detectable amount of fentanyl, in violation of 21...

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