U.S. v. STRAYHORN

Nos. 12-4487, 12-4495.

743 F.3d 917 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Janson Lamark STRAYHORN, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmy Jay Strayhorn, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James B. Craven, III, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellants. Andrew Charles Cochran, Office of the United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Tony E. Rollman, Enka, North Carolina, for Appellant Jimmy Jay Strayhorn, Jr. Ripley Rand, United States Attorney, Graham T. Green, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and vacated and remanded for resentencing by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge DAVIS joined.


WYNN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from the convictions of Janson Strayhorn and Jimmy Strayhorn for the robbery of P & S Coins and a second planned robbery of All American Coins.

Regarding Janson Strayhorn's appeal, we conclude that there was insufficient evidence to convict Janson Strayhorn of robbing P & S Coins. Thus, we hold that the district court erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal on the charges related to the P &...

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