United States v. Darin Freeman, United States of America v. Dante Hoskins

980 F.2d 739 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Darin FREEMAN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dante HOSKINS, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 91-50696, 91-50698. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 25, 1992. Before D.W. NELSON, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Dante Hoskins and Darin Freeman appeal their convictions and sentences for aiding and abetting a robbery of a savings and loan association, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a), and for conspiring to commit a robbery of a savings and loan association, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 . Both argue that the district court violated their Sixth Amendment rights by not striking the testimony of John Matthew Aragon, an accomplice in the robbery, and that the district court erred in increasing their sentences for a death threat made by Aragon. Hoskins also argues…