UNITED STATES v. DEVINE

No. 20-4280, No. 20-4327.

40 F.4th 139 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Demetrice R. DEVINE, a/k/a Respect, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brandon Jowan Mangum, a/k/a B-Easy, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Rudolph Alexander Ashton, III , DUNN PITTMAN SKINNER & CUSHMAN, PLLC, New Bern, North Carolina; Eugene Ernest Lester, III , SHARPLESS McCLEARN LESTER DUFFY, PA, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellants. Kristine L. Fritz , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: G. Norman Acker, III , Acting United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Senior Judge Floyd joined.


Demetrice Devine and Brandon Mangum led a violent street gang known as the Black Mob Gangstas. During the Gangstas' reign of terror over the Haywood Street neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina, the gang murdered 16-year-old Adarius Fowler and 18-year-old Rodriguez Burrell. Devine and Mangum were convicted of various...

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