United States First Circuit

When grouping counts pursuant to USSG 3D1.2, a sentencing court should not determine the number of groups based on the number of primary victims, but rather by the number of distinct sets of victims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/04/2001
• Published 09/04/2001

Judges

• LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Owen S. Walker, Federal Public Defender, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John T. McNeil, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.