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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.