United States v. Darryl Bruce Needham, AKA Darryl Needham
Opinion
Opinion
2 F.3d 1159 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Darryl Bruce NEEDHAM, aka Darryl Needham, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-10689. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 21, 1993. * Decided Aug. 4, 1993. Before BROWNING, TANG and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Darryl Needham appeals his conviction and forty-one-month sentence imposed after a jury trial for dealing in and uttering counterfeit obligations in violation of 18 U.S.C. Secs. 472 , 473. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Needham's counsel filed a motion to withdraw as counsel of record and a brief identifying two possible issues for review: (1) whether the district court abused its discretion by ruling that Needham could be impeached with a prior felony conviction if he testified; and (2) whether the district court erroneously applied U.S.S.G. Sec. 1B1.3 in calculating Needham's offense level based upon the…