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No. 03-4472
No. 03-4488
No. 03-4581
COUNSEL
James B. Craven, III, Durham, North Carolina; Richard V. Broadnax,
Reidsville, North Carolina; Michael Keith Troutman, Greensboro,
North Carolina, for Appellants. Anna Mills Wagoner, United States
Attorney, Harry L. Hobgood, Assistant United States Attorney,
Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
A jury convicted Aldace Jernell Faulkner, Samuel Kwentrell
Smith, and Izell Granville, Jr., on one count each of bank robbery, 18
U.S.C. 2113(a), 2 (2000), armed bank robbery, 18 U.S.C.
2113(d), 2 (2000), and carrying and using firearms during and in
relation to a crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A)(ii), 2
(2000). Appellants appeal their convictions, alleging that the district
court erred in denying their motions for judgment of acquittal under
Rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Smith also contends that the district court erred by enhancing his sentence under
U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual 3C1.1 (2000) for obstruction of
justice. Finding no merit to these claims, we affirm.
This court reviews the district courts decision to deny a motion for
judgment of acquittal de novo. United States v. Gallimore, 247 F.3d
134, 136 (4th Cir. 2001). Where, as here, the motion was based on
insufficient evidence, "[t]he verdict of a jury must be sustained if
there is substantial evidence, taking the view most favorable to the
Government, to support it." Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60, 80