Filed: Feb. 13, 2004
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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 03-4441 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus MARTIN E. WILLIAMS, a/k/a Martin Hudson Williams, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior District Judge. (CR-02-450) Submitted: January 30, 2004 Decided: February 13, 2004 Before WILLIAMS, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam op
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 03-4441 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus MARTIN E. WILLIAMS, a/k/a Martin Hudson Williams, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior District Judge. (CR-02-450) Submitted: January 30, 2004 Decided: February 13, 2004 Before WILLIAMS, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opi..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-4441
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
MARTIN E. WILLIAMS, a/k/a Martin Hudson
Williams,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior
District Judge. (CR-02-450)
Submitted: January 30, 2004 Decided: February 13, 2004
Before WILLIAMS, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher F. Cowan, COWAN & OWEN, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellant. Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Michael C.
Wallace, Sr., Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Martin E. Williams appeals his conviction following a
bench trial of one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 or more
grams of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (2000).
Williams’s sole claim on appeal is that the evidence presented at
trial was insufficient to support his conviction.
In reviewing a sufficiency of the evidence claim, a
guilty verdict “must be sustained if there is substantial evidence,
taking the view most favorable to the government, to support the
finding of guilt.” Glasser v. United States,
315 U.S. 60, 80
(1942); United States v. Burgos,
94 F.3d 849, 862 (4th Cir. 1996)
(en banc). In resolving issues of substantial evidence, this Court
does not weigh evidence or review witness credibility. United
States v. Romer,
148 F.3d 359, 364 (4th Cir. 1998).
We find the evidence, when viewed in its entirety and in
the light most favorable to the government, is sufficient to
support Williams’s conspiracy conviction. Accordingly, we affirm.
We deny Williams leave to file a pro se supplemental brief. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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