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No. 10-4499
No. 10-4566
Appeals from the United States District Court for the District
of Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson Everett Legg, District Judge.
(1:08-cr-00381-BEL-1; 1:08-cr-00381-BEL-2)
Submitted:
May 2, 2011
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Johnnie
Butler
and
Calvin
Wright
appeal
their
One);
possession
drug-trafficking
crime,
924(c)(1)(A)(i)
(2006)
of
firearm
in
in
violation
furtherance
(Count
Three);
and
of
18
of
U.S.C.
possession
of
(2006)
(Count
Four).
Additionally,
Wright
was
of
The
21
U.S.C.
court
841(a)(1),
sentenced
Butler
(b)(1)(C)
to
life
(2006)
(Count
imprisonment
and
We affirm.
instruction
given
district
court
not
did
by
the
abuse
court,
its
we
find
discretion
that
in
the
denying
and
discharge
of
firearm,
causing
the
death
of
court
erred
by
taking
Butlers sentencing.
that
conduct
into
account
during
in
determining
established
by
sentence,
preponderance
so
of
long
as
the
the
evidence.
conduct
is
United
Here, the
reasonable doubt.
finding
that
Butler
was
an
organizer
or
leader
of
the
631
F.3d
185,
188
(4th
Cir.
We
2011);
United
States
v.
supplemental
and
reversal.
legal
before
brief
Butlers
motion
for
summary
contentions
the
deny
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
aid
the
the
materials
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED