United States v. Don Duane Blankenship

43 F.3d 1480 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Don Duane BLANKENSHIP, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-50252. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 6, 1994. * Decided Dec. 14, 1994. Before: D.W. NELSON, HALL and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Don Duane Blankenship appeals the 151-month sentence imposed following his entry of a guilty plea to bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2113 (a). Blankenship contends the district court erred by sentencing him as a career offender under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and affirm. 3 In 1985, Blankenship was convicted for a burglary which he committed on July 7, 1985 (the 1985 conviction). In 1987, Blankenship was convicted of committing three burglaries during a six-day period in September 1986 (the 1987 conviction). In 1988, Blankenship was convicted of committing two burglaries,…