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123131P.pdf   10/22/2013  United States  v.  Michael Scott
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-3131
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Riley, Author, with Bright and Benton, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Criminal Case - conviction. District court did not err in denying motion 
   to sever three bank robbery charges, as they were of the same or similar 
   character and occurred over a relatively short period of time, and did not 
   result in prejudice; acquittal of one of the bank robberies shows the jury 
   considered each count separately. District court did not err in denying 
   motions to suppress, as finding that the person with common authority over 
   the car freely gave consent to search is justified by the evidence. 
   District court did not commit significant procedural error in sentencing 
   Scott to life sentences, as the court did not base the sentence on clearly 
   erroneous facts and adequately explained its reasons for varying upward. 
   Sentence was substantively reasonable. Judge Bright dissents as to the 
   sentencing issue.