United States v. Ledford (Geneva Saylor)

How later courts described this case

• concluding that simple possession is an element of possession with intent to distribute, thus a simple possession instruction was not error
• affirming judge’s decision to reject a plea agreement and sentence defendant consecutively under § 5G1.3(c) for offenses committed while on bond
• “Vreeland claims that the deputies used excessive force in effectuating his arrest. ... The deputies are clearly entitled to qualified immunity.”
• no Doyle violation where prosecutor never undertook to impeach the defendant on his post-arrest silence

Written by the judges who cited it.