United States v. Earl M. Treadway , 26 F. App'x 594 ( 2001 )


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  •                     United States Court of Appeals
    FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
    ___________
    No. 01-1882
    ___________
    United States of America,               *
    *
    Appellee,                  *
    *
    v.                                * Appeal from the United States
    * District Court for the
    Earl M. Treadway,                       * Northern District of Iowa.
    * [UNPUBLISHED]
    Appellant.                 *
    ___________
    Submitted: December 7, 2001
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    ___________
    Before HANSEN, FAGG, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.
    ___________
    PER CURIAM.
    A jury convicted Earl M. Treadway of bank robbery, in violation of 
    18 U.S.C. § 2113
    (d), and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of 
    18 U.S.C. § 924
    (c)(1)(A). The district court1 sentenced him to consecutive terms of 36
    months and 60 months imprisonment and concurrent terms of 5 years and 3 years
    supervised release. Treadway appeals, raising three issues.
    1
    The Honorable Mark W. Bennett, Chief Judge, United States District Court
    for the Northern District of Iowa.
    First, Treadway argues that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support the
    verdict. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, we conclude
    that it was sufficient--the jury simply chose to credit the government's witnesses
    rather than the defense's witnesses. See United States v. Stroh, 
    176 F.3d 439
    , 440
    (8th Cir. 1999) (stating that in considering the sufficiency of the evidence, this court
    reviews the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and may neither weigh
    the evidence nor assess witness credibility, and that reversal is warranted only if no
    reasonable jury could have found defendant guilty).
    Second, Treadway argues that the district court failed to comply with Federal
    Rule of Criminal Procedure 23(b) when it excused a juror and allowed the case to be
    tried to an eleven-person jury. We conclude that Treadway is not entitled to any relief
    because both he and his counsel orally consented in open court to proceed with an
    eleven-person jury and thereby invited the alleged error of which he now complains.
    See United States v. Mahler, 
    141 F.3d 811
    , 814-15 (8th Cir.) (holding that defendant
    who orally agreed on the record to proceed with an eleven-person jury, but did not
    reduce the stipulation to writing, invited error and was not entitled to reversal for
    alleged Rule 23(b) error), cert. denied, 
    525 U.S. 885
     (1998).
    Third, Treadway argues that the district court clearly erred in applying a 2-level
    enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(c) for being the organizer, leader, manager, or
    supervisor of criminal activity. With the enhancement, Treadway’s Guidelines
    imprisonment range on the bank robbery conviction2 was 70-87 months; without it,
    the range would have been 57-71 months. The court departed downward to 36
    months imprisonment under U.S.S.G. § 5H1.4. Thus, we conclude that this issue is
    unreviewable. See United States v. Baker, 
    64 F.3d 439
    , 441 (8th Cir. 1995) (holding
    2
    Treadway’s firearm conviction carried a statutory minimum sentence of 60
    months imprisonment which must be imposed consecutively to the sentence for the
    bank robbery. See 
    18 U.S.C. § 924
    (c)(1)(A); U.S.S.G. § 3D1.1(b).
    -2-
    that allegedly erroneous application of enhancement was unreviewable where the
    defendant received a sentence below the applicable Guidelines range with or without
    the enhancement).
    Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
    A true copy.
    Attest:
    CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 01-1882

Citation Numbers: 26 F. App'x 594

Judges: Hansen, Fagg, Beam

Filed Date: 12/27/2001

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024