Ayers

United States v. Ayers

Good Law
65 F. App'x 175
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 21, 2003No. 02-50575; D.C. No. CR-01-00286-RCalifornia335 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Appellant, Byron Lawrence Ayers, appeals his jury conviction and sentence for entering a bank with the intent to commit a felony affecting a bank pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1291 , and affirm the sentence and conviction.

Under U.S.S.G. § lB1.2(a), “Applicable Guidelines,” the court is to “[dieter-mine the offense guideline section in Chapter Two (Offense Conduct) applicable to the offense of conviction (i.e. the offense conduct charged in the count of indictment *176 or information of which the defendant was convicted).” When the Statutory Index specifies more than one offense guideline for a particular statute, application note 1 for § 1B1.2 provides that “the court will determine which of the referenced guideline sections is most appropriate for the offense conduct charged in the count of which the defendant was convicted.” In this case, Ayers’s conduct more closely resembled robbery than it did burglary. Therefore, the district court did not err in applying U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1.

Ayers also contends that the sentence he received after his second trial — 14 months longer than the sentence he received after his first…

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