United States v. Charles Coffey

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 99-4645 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus CHARLES EDWARD COFFEY, a/k/a Squeak, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Statesville. Richard L. Voorhees, Dis- trict Judge. (CR-98-192) Submitted: March 31, 2000 Decided: April 25, 2000 Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. J. Clark Fischer, RANDOLPH & FISCHER, Winston-Salem, North Caro- lina, for Appellant. Mark T. Calloway, United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, Assistant United States Attorney, Char- lotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Charles Edward Coffey pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. On appeal, he alleges that the district court erred by failing to inquire into the Government’s reasons for declining to file a motion under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 5K1.1 (1998). On the record before this court, we find no promise by the Government to make a § 5K1.1 motion or that the Government declined to do so for an unconstitutional motive. See Wade v. United States, 504 U.S. 181, 185-86 (1992). Accordingly, we affirm Coffey’s sentence. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately addressed in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2