USCA4 Appeal: 19-4180 Doc: 154 Filed: 08/18/2022 Pg: 1 of 54 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-4123 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. MONTANA BARRONETTE, Defendant – Appellant. No. 19-4160 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. BRANDON WILSON, a/k/a Ali, Defendant – Appellant. No. 19-4180 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. JOHN HARRISON, a/k/a Binkie, Defendant – Appellant. USCA4 Appeal: 19-4180 Doc: 154 Filed: 08/18/2022 Pg: 2 of 54 No. 19-4181 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. LINTON BROUGHTON, a/k/a Marty, Defendant – Appellant. No. 19-4328 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. TERRELL SIVELLS, Defendant – Appellant. No. 19-4408 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. TAURUS TILLMAN, Defendant – Appellant. 2 USCA4 Appeal: 19-4180 Doc: 154 Filed: 08/18/2022 Pg: 3 of 54 No. 19-4562 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. TIMOTHY FLOYD, a/k/a Tom Rod, Defendant – Appellant. No. 19-4726 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. DENNIS PULLEY, a/k/a Denmo, Defendant - Appellant. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, Senior District Judge. (1:16-cr-00597-CCB-1; 1:16-cr-00597-CCB- 10; 1:16-cr-00597-CCB-6; 1:16-cr-00597-CCB-7; 1:16-cr-00597-CCB-2; 1:16-cr-00597- CCB-3; 1:16-cr-00597-CCB-12; 1:16-cr-00597-CCB-8) Argued: May 4, 2022 Decided: August 18, 2022 Before NIEMEYER and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge. Nos. 19-4123, 19-4160, 19-4180, 19-4181, 19-4328, 19-4408, and 19-4562, affirmed; No. 19-4726, affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings by 3 USCA4 Appeal: 19-4180 Doc: 154 Filed: 08/18/2022 Pg: 4 of 54 published opinion. Senior Judge Floyd wrote the opinion in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Diaz joined. ARGUED: Steven M. Klepper, KRAMON & GRAHAM, PA, Baltimore, Maryland; Alfred Guillaume, III, LAW OFFICE OF ALFRED GUILLAUME III, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Jason Daniel Medinger, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael Lawlor, BRENNAN MCKENNA & LAWLOR, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant Montana Barronette. Christopher C. Nieto, NIETO LAW OFFICE, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant Brandon Wilson. Jenifer Wicks, BLIND JUSTICE LEGAL SERVICES, Takoma Park, Maryland, for John Harrison. Stuart A. Berman, LERCH, EARLY & BREWER, CHTD., Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellant Terrell Sivells. Erek L. Barron, WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON LLP, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant Dennis Pulley. Richard B. Bardos, SCHULMAN, HERSHFIELD & GILDEN, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant Taurus Tillman. Gerald C. Ruter, LAW OFFICES OF GERALD C. RUTER, PC, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant Timothy Floyd. Jonathan F. Lenzner, Acting United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. 4 USCA4 Appeal: 19-4180 Doc: 154 Filed: 08/18/2022 Pg: 5 of 54 FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge: Appellants Montana Barronette, Brandon Wilson, Linton Broughton, John Harrison, Terrell Sivells, Taurus Tillman, Timothy Floyd, and Dennis Pulley (collectively, Appellants) operated for around seven years an enterprise known as “Trained to Go” (TTG) within one of West Baltimore’s neighborhoods. Appellants distributed drugs and engaged in countless acts of violence using firearms. They exercised their constitutional right to a jury …
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