United States v. William Powers, Jr.

33 F.3d 60 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. William POWERS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-50274. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 2, 1994. 1 Decided Aug. 15, 1994. 1 Before: O'SCANNLAIN and NELSON, T.G., Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, Senior District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM 3 2 Powers appeals from his conviction and sentence following jury trial. Powers was convicted of a number of offenses arising from a scheme to defraud banks through bogus electronic transfers of funds. Powers claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and claims that the district court erred in applying the Sentencing Guidelines. 3 Finding the record sufficiently developed, see United States v. Robinson, 967 F.2d 287, 290 (9th Cir.1992), we review Powers' claim of ineffective assistance of counsel de novo while accepting underlying findings of fact unless clearly erroneous. United States v. Olson,…