UNITED STATES v. SIMMONS

No. 18-4875, No. 18-4876, No. 18-4877, No. 19-4269, No. 19-4287, No. 19-4345.

999 F.3d 199 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Antonio SIMMONS, a/k/a Murdock, Doc, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nathaniel Tyree Mitchell, a/k/a Savage, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Malek Lassiter, a/k/a Leeko, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathaniel Tyree Mitchell, a/k/a Savage, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Malek Lassiter, a/k/a Leeko, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio Simmons, a/k/a Murdock, a/k/a Doc, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Teresa Ann Wallbaum , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Paul Graham Beers , GLENN, FELDMANN, DARBY & GOODLATTE, Roanoke, Virginia; Laura Pellatiro Tayman , LAURA P. TAYMAN, PLLC, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellees/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Brian A. Benczkowski , Assistant Attorney General, Matthew S. Miner , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, Daniel T. Young , Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Andrew Bosse , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Norfolk, Virginia for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Maureen Leigh White , Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Nathaniel Mitchell.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wynn joined. Judge Richardson wrote an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.


Antonio Simmons, Nathaniel Mitchell, and Malek Lassiter (collectively, "Defendants") were charged in a thirty-eight count Second Superseding Indictment ("SSI"). They were alleged to be members of a Hampton Roads, Virginia line of the Nine Trey Gangsters ("Nine Trey"), an east coast set of the United Blood Nation.

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