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Defendant's Appeal Brings Successful Government Cross Appeal

By Jonathan Byrne

US v. Young: Young was the subject of an investigation that led to the execution of an arrest warrant at his home. Police executed the warrant, arrested Young, and saw some drugs in plain view. They obtained a search warrant and eventually recovered a large amount of cash and cocaine. Young moved to suppress that evidence, arguing that the police failed to knock and announce their presence before entering his home. The district court disagreed and denied the motion. Young went to trial and was convicted of two drug offenses by a jury, which returned a special verdict form concluding that Young was responsible for between 500 grams and 5 kilograms of cocaine. The PSR, however, held him responsible for between 50 and 150 kilograms of cocaine...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Circuit Blog on July 13, 2010 (boomark / email).