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UNITED STATES v. LEGINS

No. 20-4390.

34 F.4th 304 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chikosi LEGINS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 11, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles A. Gavin , CAWTHORN, DESKEVICH & GAVIN, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Christopher Chen-Hsin Wang , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Gregory B. Friel , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tovah R. Calderon , Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Richardson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Diaz and Senior Judge Floyd joined.

Former federal prison guard Chikosi Legins was indicted for sexually assaulting a prisoner twice and then lying to law enforcement about it. A jury convicted Legins only of making a false statement to law enforcement while acquitting him of the more substantial sex-crime charges. Following that verdict, the district court...

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