United States v. Lloyd Joyner

After a six-day trial, a jury found Lloyd Joyner and Dave Sturgis, Jr. guilty of multiple counts of Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951 (a) and 924(c)(1)(a)(ii), respectively. In these consolidated appeals, Joyner and Sturgis raise many issues, but having reviewed the briefs and the record, and with the benefit of oral argument, we find only one to have merit. Accordingly, we vacate Joyner's sentence and remand his case for resentencing; we affirm in all other respects.

I. BACKGROUND

Joyner and Sturgis, along with another…