United States of America v. Charles Edward Coffey, a/k/a Squeak

UNPUBLISHED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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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).

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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

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