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Defendant appealed the sentence imposed following his conviction on robbery charges. In June 2018, defendant robbed a pharmacy and a store. About a month later, defendant robbed another pharmacy. Defendant pled guilty to the robbery charges and requested that the sentence for the June robberies run concurrently with the sentence for the July robbery. The district court denied the request, finding that the July robbery was not relevant conduct for the June robberies. The district court further noted that even if it erred in denying the request, it would still impose the same sentence.
Where the district court expressly advised that it would have imposed the same cumulative sentence regardless of defendant’s request for concurrent sentences, any error in denying defendant’s motion was harmless.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Craig (MLW No. 79926/Case No. 22-1963 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Rudofsky, J.
