United States v. Donald Love

DEVITT, Senior District Judge.

Appellant was convicted of armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and (d)) and use of a firearm during a bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)) and was given consecutive sentences of sixteen years on the bank robbery count and five years on the firearms count. For reversal, he argues (1) there was no probable cause for his arrest, (2) the government improperly exercised a peremptory challenge to exclude a black venireman and (3) his sentence was excessive. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the conviction.

Appellant first argues that the district court’s…