United States v. Jones

HENRY, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted Shyla Jesse Star Jones and Anthony Wright of bank fraud and conspiracy after the couple orchestrated a scheme to defraud Wells Fargo Bank, where Ms. Jones worked, by • cashing ixaudulent checks. The jury also convicted Ms. Jones of drug trafficking and using a firearm in a drug trafficking offense after Secret Service agents arrested her for bank fraud and found marijuana and a loaded .380 caliber handgun in her vehicle.

In this direct appeal, Ms. Jones and Mr. Wright raise several claims. Ms. Jones argues, first, that the joinder of the bank fraud and…