United States v. Gary Warick

Type

Opinion

Author

Jane Branstetter Stranch

Filed

May 28, 2026

Case

United States v. Gary Warick

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 26a0244n.06 No. 24-6024 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED May 28, 2026 ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED v. ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ) THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF GARY D. WARICK, ) KENTUCKY Defendant-Appellant. ) ) OPINION Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; STRANCH and LARSEN, Circuit Judges. JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge. Defendant-Appellant Gary Warick directly appeals his conviction of four counts related to the distribution of methamphetamine, arguing that he was entrapped into selling drugs to a Kentucky State Police (KSP) informant. At trial, the Government presented a federal jury with recordings of Warick selling drugs to the informant, along with evidence of drugs, drug paraphernalia, and cash recovered from Warick’s home and person. The jury convicted Warick on all counts and determined that the cash seized from Warick’s person was subject to forfeiture. On appeal, Warick contends that the district court erred by (1) declining to give the jury an entrapment instruction on three of the four counts; (2) denying Warick’s post-trial motion for j…

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