United States v. Wesley Earl Ranson

68 F.3d 482 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Wesley Earl RANSON, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-10597. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 18, 1995. * Decided Oct. 20, 1995. 1 Before: GOODWIN and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, FITZGERALD 1 , District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 In 1994, Wesley Earl Ranson ("Ranson") plead guilty to armed bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2113 (a) and (d), and use of a firearm in a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924 (c), and was sentenced as a career offender pursuant to U.S.S.G. Sec. 4B1.1 in consideration of Ranson's two prior criminal convictions. Ranson appeals his sentence on the grounds that his two prior convictions could not be counted separately for career offender sentence enhancement because they were part of a common scheme and were consolidated for sentencing. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . After a de…