United States v. Johnson

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 02-50618 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-00-00226-

EDWARD B. JOHNSON, LGB-

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Lourdes G. Baird, District Judge, Presiding

Argued June 7, 2004 Submitted April 13, 2006 Pasadena, California

Filed April 13, 2006

Before: Stephen S. Trott, Pamela Ann Rymer, and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Trott COUNSEL

Mary E. Kelly, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant. 4108 UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON Cheryl O’Connor Murphy, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

For his role as the getaway driver in a bank robbery, Edward Johnson was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and one count of bank robbery. He was sentenced to 165 months in prison, well within the 240 months statutory maximum…