Opinion ID: 3166703
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Heading: Foster’s 2008 Arrest and 2009 Conviction

Text: In 2008, Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) agents arrested Foster at his home in Georgia, pursuant to an arrest warrant issued in the Eastern District of North Carolina on a charge of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. With Foster’s consent, the agents searched his home and car and seized $4,303 in cash, a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol that Foster said belonged to his wife, a laptop computer, a digital camera, and several cell phones. In August 2009, a jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina convicted Foster of the cocaine conspiracy charge. On January 4, 2010, Foster was sentenced to 324 months’ imprisonment. On direct appeal, the Fourth Circuit affirmed Foster’s conviction. See United States v. Foster, 406 F. App’x 690 (4th Cir. 2010). 2 Case: 15-11829 Date Filed: 12/31/2015 Page: 3 of 12