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142715P.pdf   05/04/2016  United States  v.  Arman Nshanian
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-2715
                          and No:  14-2937
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Gruender and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal Case - conviction and sentence. Substantial evidence supported 
   Nshanian's conviction for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, as the jury 
   reasonably could infer from the evidence that Nshanian knew of conspiracy 
   and scheme to defraud and that he intended to defraud lenders. Documents 
   he signed contained material misrepresentations. Thus the district court 
   did not err in denying motion for judgment of acquittal. District court 
   made an adequate finding that Nshanian committed perjury to support 
   enhancement for obstruction of justice under Guidelines sec. 3C1.1. His 
   42-month sentence, representing a substantial downward variance and after 
   he refused to accept responsibility, was not substantively unreasonable. 
   The district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Nash to a 
   similar 42-month sentence.