UNITED STATES v. GILLESPIE

No. 21-4146.

27 F.4th 934 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darrell E. GILLESPIE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John Hampton Tinney, Jr. , HENDRICKSON & LONG, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Monica D. Coleman , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Lisa G. Johnston , Acting United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Heytens joined.


A jury convicted Darrell Gillespie of various offenses stemming from a series of armed home-invasion robberies. On appeal, he challenges one of his convictions for carrying a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and argues that his sentence was substantively unreasonable. Gillespie...

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