United States Tenth Circuit

Sentence enhancement under U.S.S.G section 3B1.4, for using a minor to commit a felony, was proper where the defendant employed a sixteen-year-old boy to aid him in his bank fraud scheme, even though the boy was unaware of the scheme.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/27/2002
• Published 02/27/2002

Judges

• Before LUCERO, ANDERSON, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Edwin G. Winstead, Assistant United States Attorney (Norman C. Bay, United States Attorney, with him on the briefs), Office of the United States Attorney, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Michael A. Keefe, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Stephen P. McCue, Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellant.