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011497P.pdf 02/05/2002 United States v. Arthur Schuyler Ross
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 01-1497
District of Minnesota
Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. District court did not err in
adjusting the money laundering guidelines based on defendant's role
in underlying wire fraud count; while there was no adjustment error
under Section 3B1.1, using conduct from one group of counts to adjust
the offense level of another group of counts without thereafter grouping
all of the counts together is inconsistent; Section 3D1.2(c) requires money
laundering and fraud counts to be grouped together when a district court
relies solely on fraud conduct to adjust the money laundering guidelines;
however, here defendant received a shorter sentence than he would have
had the offenses been grouped, and he is not entitled to a remand for
resentencing since he was not prejudiced by the failure to group the
counts; even if Apprendi applies to restitution orders (an issue not
decided here), it would not limit restitution in a wire fraud case only
to those losses stemming directly from the wire transactions
submitted to the jury.