United States of America v. Brown

PUBLISH Defendant-Appellant Carl Laneill Brown and Defendant-Appellant Lenard Chauncy Dixon appeal from their convictions arising from an incident where the nineteen-year-old male victim was robbed and his car was taken. Mr. Brown and Mr. Dixon were convicted of conspiracy to commit a carjacking, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, 2119 (count 1); carjacking, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 2119 (count 2); and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 924(c)(1) (count 3). Mr. Brown also was convicted of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 924(c)(1) (count 4), and possession of a firearm by a felon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g), 924(a)(2) (count 5). Mr. Brown and Mr. Dixon were sentenced to imprisonment of 410 and 123 months respectively. They also were sentenced to three years supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $4,948.