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United States v. Martin Mendez, 4th Cir. (2012)
United States v. Martin Mendez, 4th Cir. (2012)
No. 10-4782
No. 10-4803
Appeals from the United States District Court for the District
of South Carolina, at Columbia.
Cameron McGowan Currie,
District Judge. (3:09-cr-00930-CMC-1; 3:09-cr-00930-CMC-2)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
A
federal
jury
convicted
Martin
Mendez
and
Elver
in
violation
of
18
U.S.C.
(2006),
21
U.S.C.
to
commit
felony
and
aiding
and
abetting,
in
of
possession
of
firearm
in
relation
to
drug
U.S.C.
922(g)(5)
(2006).
The
district
court
sentenced
To meet this
standard, Mendez must demonstrate that there was error, that was
3
Id.
Moreover,
discretion
to
correct
the
error
unless
the
error
citation omitted).
We review a jury instruction to determine whether,
taken as a whole, the instruction fairly states the controlling
law.
841(b)
(West
2006
&
Supp.
2011),
the
Under 21
amount
of
for
defendant
convicted
of
the
substantive
district
court
must
assess
the
quantity
of
drugs
jury
to
use
determination.
Pinkerton
principles
Id. at 314.
when
making
the
same
actions
were
both
reasonably
foreseeable
and
in
Id.
and
Diaz-Vega
also
argue
that
the
district
motion
for
new
trial
for
abuse
of
discretion.
United
The Sixth
conflicts
self-incrimination,
particularized
with
however,
inquiry
into
witness
court
the
must
legitimacy
privilege
make
and
against
proper
scope
of
and
the
296 F.3d 219, 223 (4th Cir. 2002) (internal quotation marks and
citation omitted).
testifying
only
upon
finding
that
the
witness
could
We have
AFFIRMED