United States v. Richard L. Meek

972 F.2d 1346 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard L. MEEK, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-10163. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 17, 1992. Decided July 22, 1992. Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, and GOODWIN and POOLE, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Meek appeals his sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines after a guilty plea to one count of connecting parts of different notes, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 484 . We affirm. BACKGROUND 3 Meek was indicted on May 2, 1990, on one count of uttering counterfeit obligations, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472 (Count 1), and one count of connecting parts of different notes, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 484 (Count 2). The indictment alleged that Meek entered a Taco Bell restaurant in Phoenix on December 29, 1988, and handed the cashier an altered federal reserve note--a one dollar bill with the ends of a ten dollar bill…