United States v. Felicia Balentine

Felicia Balentine appeals the 20-month sentence she received following her guilty plea to bank burglary in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), arguing that the district court 1 erred in giving her a two-level enhancement for more than minimal planning under United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual (USSG) § 2B2.1(b)(l) (2004). We affirm.

Balentine worked as a teller at Regions Bank in Wynne, Arkansas. When she telephoned her supervisor to report in sick on March 10, 2005, she was informed that her teller drawer was short by $1,600. Balentine called her boyfriend in Bowling Green, Kentucky,…