United States v. Richard B. Bustamante

39 F.3d 1189 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Richard B. BUSTAMANTE, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 93-50835, 94-50015. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 3, 1994. Decided Oct. 21, 1994. 1 Before: WALLACE, REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and TANNER, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** BACKGROUND 3 Richard Bustamante was convicted of one count of attempted unarmed bank robbery and two counts of unarmed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2113 (a). The district judge sentenced Bustamante to 262 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. Bustamante appeals his conviction as well as the district judge's denial of his motion for a new trial. 4 Bustamante raises three claims on appeal. First, he asserts that the district judge should have granted the motion to substitute counsel that Bustamante filed the day before the trial was to commence. Second, he appeals the…