U.S. v. McCOY

No. 20-6821, No. 20-6869, No. 20-6875, No. 20-6877.

981 F.3d 271 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas F. MCCOY, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Keith E. Bryant, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Craig Lamont Scott, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kittrell Bernard Decator, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joseph Attias , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia; Jason Daniel Medinger , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. John Gleeson , DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, Richard D. Cooke , Assistant United States Attorney, Daniel T. Young , Assistant United States Attorney, Aidan Taft Grano , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia; Robert K. Hur , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Marisa Taney , Matthew Specht , Steven Tegrar , DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. James Wyda , Federal Public Defender, Paresh Patel , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Shari Silver Derrow , Assistant Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees Craig Scott, Keith Bryant, and Kittrell Decator.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Judge Diaz and Judge Thacker joined.


The defendants in these consolidated appeals were convicted of robberies and accompanying firearms violations under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). At the time, sentences under § 924(c) were "stacked," which exposed the defendants to additional mandatory minimums and led to sentences ranging from 35 to 53 years of imprisonment...

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