United States v. Jaime Enrique Wheelock

1 F.3d 1248 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Jaime Enrique WHEELOCK, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-50464. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 8, 1993. * Decided July 30, 1993. Before FLETCHER, POOLE and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Wheelock appeals his conviction and sentence. A jury convicted him of eight counts of armed bank robbery (in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2113 (a), (d)) and eight counts of using or carrying a firearm during a crime of violence (in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924 (c)). He contends that an enhanced sentence under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924 (c) is inappropriate where all the counts used to enhance his sentence were charged in the same indictment. 1 He also argues that civil unrest in Los Angeles following state court verdicts in the Rodney King beating trial denied him a fair trial. We affirm. 3 Wheelock's argument that we should adopt the Tenth Circuit's…