UNITED STATES v. POWERS

No. 20-4396.

40 F.4th 129 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew B. POWERS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Lee Drake , STEPTOE & JOHNSON PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Joseph Attias , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jessica D. Maneval , STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, Kimberly M. Shartar , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Rushing wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wynn and Judge Harris joined.


A jury in the Eastern District of Virginia convicted Andrew Powers of defrauding investors in his technology company out of millions of dollars. The district court sentenced him to 151 months in prison, the bottom of the applicable Sentencing Guidelines range. Powers now appeals, raising two issues. First, Powers claims that...

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