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Criminal - Sentencing - Uncharged Conduct - Standard Of Proof (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: November 16, 2009

The 4th Circuit upholds an enhanced, 240-month sentence for defendant’s convictions of interstate transport of a minor for sex, based on defendant’s 20-year history of molesting middle-school boys while defendant acted as a school teacher, coach, Sunday school teacher and Boy Scout leader. Defendant first contends his Sixth Amendment rights were violated because the district court ...
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