UNITED STATES v. YOUNG

Nos. 19-4149, 19-4222.

989 F.3d 253 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael James YOUNG, Jr., a/k/a Unc, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vance Edward Volious, Jr., a/k/a Dank, a/k/a Black, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 26, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jonathan McKey Milling , MILLING LAW FIRM, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina; Aimee Zmroczek , A.J.Z. LAW FIRM, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants. Brook Bowers Andrews , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Sandra V. Moser , MILLING LAW FIRM, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant Michael James Young, Jr. A. Lance Crick, Acting United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, Kathleen Michelle Stoughton, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

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


Michael James Young, Jr. wanted his ex-wife dead. While serving a prison sentence for an unsuccessful first attempt on her life, Young concocted a plot for several friends on the outside, including Vance Edward Volious, Jr., to mail her a bomb and finish the job. There was but one (big) hitch; the bombmaker he contacted to design...

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