Court Opinion

ID: 992404
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2013-07-03 23:51:37.644938+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:03:02.919796
License: Public Domain

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.                                                                    No. 96-4791

JAMES ALVIS MANGUM, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Durham.
N. Carlton Tilley, Jr., District Judge.
(CR-96-18)

Submitted: May 29, 1997

Decided: June 18, 1997

Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

_________________________________________________________________

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

_________________________________________________________________

COUNSEL

Brian M. Aus, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant. Walter C. Hol-
ton, Jr., United States Attorney, Timika Shafeek, Assistant United
States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

_________________________________________________________________

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See
Local Rule 36(c).

_________________________________________________________________
OPINION

PER CURIAM:

James Alvis Mangum, Jr., appeals from his conviction and sen-
tence imposed for bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113
(1994). We affirm.

Mangum's attorney has filed a brief under Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), raising two possible issues for appeal: (1) that
the Government failed to provide potentially exculpatory evidence;
and (2) that there was insufficient evidence to support the verdict
against Mangum. Mangum has filed a pro se brief criticizing his attor-
ney's performance, raising another sufficiency of the evidence chal-
lenge, and arguing that enhancing his sentence under United States
Sentencing Commission, Guidelines Manual§ 2B3.1(b)(1) (Nov.
1995) for robbery of a financial institution constitutes impermissible
double counting given that he was convicted of bank robbery under
§ 2113.

Reviewing these claims in turn, we note first that Mangum's attor-
ney concedes that the exculpatory evidence at issue was provided to
the defense, and that the defense chose not to use this information at
trial given its potential to inculpate, as well as exculpate Mangum.
Accordingly, we find no error. Turning to the sufficiency arguments,
our review of the evidence presented at trial, when viewed in the light
most favorable to the Government, reveals that the conviction is sup-
ported by substantial evidence. See Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S.
60, 80 (1942) (providing standard). Finally, addressing Mangum's
claim of double counting, we note that USSG § 2B3.1 applies to all
robberies and that only through the application of an enhancement
under § 2B3.1(b)(1) is the conduct of robbing a financial institution
taken into account. We therefore find no double counting.

As required by Anders, we have independently reviewed the record
and conclude that there are no nonfrivolous grounds for appeal.
Accordingly, we affirm Mangum's conviction and sentence. This
court requires that counsel inform his client, in writing, of his right
to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for further review.
If the client requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that

                     2
such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this
court for leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel's motion
must state that a copy thereof was served on the client. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are ade-
quately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

                    3