United States v. Steve Daniel Palasty

21 F.3d 1118 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Steve Daniel PALASTY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-30390. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 16, 1993. * Decided Feb. 25, 1994. Before: BROWNING, NORRIS and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Steven Palasty was convicted of armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2113 and of use of a firearm in connection with a violent felony under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924 (c). The district court sentenced Palasty to 109 months imprisonment for the armed robbery count and to 60 months for the firearm count, for a total of 169 months. Palasty appeals both his conviction and his sentence. We affirm. 3 * Palasty asserts that he should receive a new trial because he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. Although Palasty has raised his ineffective assistance claim on direct appeal rather than pursuing a…