UNITED STATES v. FRIEND

No. 20-4129.

2 F.4th 369 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Philip Bernard FRIEND, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert James Wagner , 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: Geremy C. Kamens , Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, Joseph S. Camden , Assistant Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Brian R. Hood , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Richardson joined. Judge Floyd wrote a dissenting opinion.


Appellant Philip Friend, who actively participated as a fifteen-year-old juvenile in a series of violent carjackings, challenges the fifty-two-year sentence imposed by the district court after a remand in this case. Our remand instructed the district court to give a more thorough explanation for its sentence, with the prospect...

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