Boyd

MEMORANDUM **

Daymon Boyd appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment and vacate his conviction for armed robbery and use and carrying of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence. A jury found Boyd guilty of three counts of armed robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a) and (d), and one count of use and carrying a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(1), (2) (“use and carrying”). It acquitted him on one count of armed robbery and on three counts of use and carrying. The district court sentenced him to 215 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $8,422 and a $400.00 penalty assessment. He now challenges his conviction on the grounds that: (1) the district court erred in failing to dismiss the indictment based on the government’s subornation of perjury before the grand jury, (2) the government unlawfully paid two trial witnesses for their testimony, (3) the conviction of him on two armed robbery counts is inconsistent with acquittal of him on two of the related counts of use and carrying and (4) the district court erred in…