United States Ninth Circuit

A firearm discharge enhancement, U.S.S.G. section 2B3.1(b)(2)(A), was proper where defendant was not present at a robbery but could foresee such use, but a reckless endangerment enhancement, section 3C1.2, is reversed. Denial of a motion for substitution of counsel is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/06/2003
• Decided 03/17/2003
• Published 03/17/2003

Judges

• TROTT, Circuit Judge:, Before: WALLACE, TROTT and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Allison Mendel,Mendel & Associates, Anchorage, AK, for defendant-appellant Franklin., Fay Arfa, A Law Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Piers., Donald Marks, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Piers., Mark A. Rosenbaum, Assistant United States Attorney, District of Alaska, for the plaintiff-appellee (No. 01-30226)., Steven L. Lane, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellee (No. 01-30291)., Monica S. Abrams, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellee (No. 01-30291).