United States Sixth Circuit

District court's conviction of defendant for bank robbery and brandishing a firearm, and a sentence of 277 months and one day in prison are affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence of the firearm obtained during a search of his duffel bag as, on the record, it is fair to say that the search was reasonably designed to discover weapons that might pose a threat to the officers' safety; and 2) defendant's claim for resentencing is rejected as he has not shown that any error, even assuming for the sake of argument that one occurred, affected his substantial rights.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/04/2010
• Decided 08/12/2010
• Published 08/12/2010

Judges

• SUTTON

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kevin M. Schad, Benjamin C. Glassman