UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-4905
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
RICHARD RUNYON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Charleston. Joseph Robert Goodwin,
District Judge. (CR-01-94)
Submitted: July 2, 2003 Decided: August 28, 2003
Before WIDENER, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William D. Levine, ST. CLAIR & LEVINE, Huntington, West Virginia,
for Appellant. Kasey Warner, United States Attorney, Steven I.
Loew, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Richard Runyon appeals his convictions and sentence for
conspiracy to commit bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 371 (2000); two counts
of aiding and abetting bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1344 (2000); and
one substantive count of bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344 (2000).
Runyon claims, in part, that the district court erred in rejecting
his plea agreement with the Government without giving a reason for
such rejection.
However, our review of the record discloses no improper
motivation for the rejection of the plea agreement. Accordingly,
we conclude that any error in failing to disclose the reasons for
rejection of the plea agreement is harmless.
We affirm the judgment of the district court. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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