U.S. v. BRAN

No. 13-4634.

776 F.3d 276 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Armando BRAN, a/k/a Pantro, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 22, 2015.

Amended: January 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mary Elizabeth Maguire , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard Daniel Cooke , Office of the United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael S. Nachmanoff , Federal Public Defender, Patrick L. Bryant , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Dana J. Boente , Acting United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Roderick C. Young , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge SHEDD wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge AGEE joined. Judge KING wrote an opinion dissenting in part.


A federal jury convicted Jose Armando Bran of five criminal counts relating to his involvement with the street gang La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13. On appeal, Bran primarily argues that the district court erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal on Count 3 and by imposing a mandatory consecutive sentence...

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