United States v. Ashanti Washington

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Ashanti Nadjari Washington (Washington) and Robert Lloyd Williams (Williams) each entered a plea of guilty to one count of attempted bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The district court 1 accepted their pleas and sentenced each defendant to a 72-month term of imprisonment. Washington and Williams appeal the reasonableness of their sentences.

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On a tip that Washington might be involved in bank robberies, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began investigating, and on the morning of March 9, 2006, they observed Washington and Williams drive…