UNITED STATES v. DIX

No. 19-4725.

60 F.4th 61 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason DIX, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kimberly Harvey Albro , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Lamar J. Fyall , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: M. Rhett DeHart , Acting United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina, Casey Rankin Smith , Special Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson joined. Judge King wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


When a deputy sheriff in Lexington County, South Carolina, began to follow a vehicle because he thought the driver was behaving suspiciously, the vehicle sped away, failing to stop when the deputy activated his patrol car's blue light and siren and leading the deputy on a high-speed chase. After the vehicle crashed, the...

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