United States v. Charles William Cavender

996 F.2d 1228 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Charles William CAVENDER, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-10515. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 15, 1993. Decided June 29, 1993. Before: LAY, * HUG and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Appellant Cavender robbed a First Interstate Bank in Phoenix. He was arrested shortly afterward carrying some $2,700 and a .22 caliber pistol. Cavender was found guilty of armed bank robbery and was sentenced as a career offender to twenty-five years in prison. Cavender challenges his conviction and sentence on several grounds. 3 Cavender's principal attack on the merits of his conviction is that the government failed to prove that the bank was federally insured. This argument is meritless. The government relied upon a stipulation, signed by defense counsel and provided to the jury in open court, that the bank was federally insured.…