USA v. Keith Goodwin, No. 08-10491 (9th Cir. 2010)
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT SEP 20 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, No. 08-10491 D.C. No. 1:06-CR-00299-AWI-1 v. MEMORANDUM* KEITH DAVID GOODWIN, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Anthony W. Ishii, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted September 1, 2010 San Francisco, California Before: B. FLETCHER, TALLMAN, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges. Defendant-Appellant Keith Goodwin timely appeals his convictions for seventeen counts of fraud. Because the parties are familiar with the facts and procedural history of this case, we will discuss them only as necessary to explain our decision. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Goodwin first argues that his motion for a new trial based on the government s violation of its duties pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), was erroneously denied. To show a due process violation based on the prosecution s suppression of material evidence favorable to the accused, a defendant must show that (1) the evidence was favorable to the accused, either exculpatory or impeaching, (2) the evidence was suppressed by the government, and (3) the defendant was prejudiced. Jackson v. Brown, 513 F.3d 1057, 1071 (9th Cir. 2008) (citing Strickler v. Greene, 527 U.S. 263, 281 82 (1999)). By submitting only an unsigned declaration to prove his claims, and not supplementing the record with a signed substitute, Goodwin has failed to demonstrate that the favorable evidence exists, much less that it was suppressed. Goodwin next contends that the district court should have granted his motion for a new trial, because a government witness lied. To show a due process violation based on knowingly perjured testimony, a defendant must show that (1) the testimony was false, (2) the government knew or should have known that the testimony was false, and (3) the testimony was material. Jackson, 513 F.3d at 1071 72 (quoting Hayes v. Brown, 399 F.3d 972, 984 (9th Cir. 2005) (en banc)); see also Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 269 (1959). To the extent Goodwin still relies on a claim that government witnesses falsely testified that they had not 2 interviewed Garrett Goodwin, that is belied by the record. With respect to Agent Arico s testimony about how many photographs were shown to witness Maria Vargas, Goodwin has failed to show that the testimony was false. Next, Goodwin complains that the district court erred in triple counting losses in calculating loss for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1(b). By abandoning this argument below, Goodwin waived it. United States v. Manarite, 44 F.3d 1407, 1419 n.18 (9th Cir. 1995). Further, the record reflects no triple counting. Finally, Goodwin alleges that the district court abused its discretion in sentencing him to only partially concurrent sentences on his four convictions for Aggravated Identity Theft. A violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A requires a two-year term for each conviction, consecutive to the underlying offense. However, the court may exercise its discretion to run multiple terms concurrently, in whole or in part, as long as it considers the guidelines and policy statements of the Sentencing Commission. 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(b)(4). The district court did so. It did not abuse its discretion. United States v. Rosas, __ F.3d __, Nos. 09-10011 & 09-10013, 2010 WL 3211732, at *6 (9th Cir. Aug. 16, 2010). AFFIRMED. 3
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