Legal Opinion

United States v. Kurt Steffen

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided December 20, 2013No. 19-2122PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge AGEE joined.

BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider the application of a role enhancement to a sentence imposed on South Carolina Highway Patrolman Kurt Steffen, who participated in a conspiracy involving the large-scale cultivation of marijuana. Steffen argues that the district court erred in enhancing his sentence after finding that Steffen was a manager or supervisor of the drug conspiracy. Upon our review, we conclude that the district court did not clearly err in…

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