United States v. Anthony

Type

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam

Yes — no individual author

Filed

April 15, 2002

Case

United States v. Anthony

Case status

Decided

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PER CURIAM. The defendants, Moses Anthony and Kenneth Bates, were jointly indicted with a third co-defendant for armed bank robbery and for use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. After Anthony and the co-defendant pleaded guilty, Bates went to trial and was found guilty by a jury on both counts. Anthony now appeals his sentence, and Bates appeals both the conviction and his resulting sentence.' Their cases have been consolidated for purposes of this appeal. With respect to his conviction, Bates claims that (1) the district court erred in not granting him a hearing on his pre-trial claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, (2) the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress post-arrest statements, (3) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, and (4) the jury did not represent a fair cross-section of the community. As explained more fully below, we find no reversible error in connection with these claims. In his challenge to the district court’s sentencing order, Bates contends that the court erred in imposing two offense-based enhancements. However, we need not consider this final claim, because Bates’s status as a career offender, which is…

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