Legal Opinion

United States v. Brooks

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 8, 2008No. 05-4602, 05-4603, 05-4604, 05-4605, 05-4616PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*552Affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge BEATY joined. Judge NIEMEYER wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Judge BEATY wrote a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

The five appellants in these consolidated appeals, Robert Brooks, Winifred Sparks (“W.Sparks”), William Witherspoon, Ver-nard Sparks, Jr. (“V.Sparks”), and Ver-nard Mathis (collectively, the “Defendants”), were each convicted by jury for offenses arising from a drug trafficking scheme in South Carolina.…

2Cases cited26 opinions

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  4. Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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