United States Second Circuit

Under Section 2B3.2(c)(1) of the sentencing guidelines and the Hobbs Act, the term "a victim" includes all persons killed to carry out the extortion scheme, not just persons who were associated with the target of the scheme.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/01/2001
• Published 11/01/2001

Judges

• POOLER, Circuit Judge., Before: FEINBERG, MINER, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mylan L. Denerstein, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, New York, NY, (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, Mark A. Godsey and Christine H. Chung, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief) for Appellee., Anthony J. Ferrara, Polstein, Ferrara, Dwyer & Speed, P.C., New York, NY (Marie Castellitto and Bridget A. Short on the brief) for Defendant Appellant Dennis McCall., Andrew A. Rubin, Mancuso, Rubin & Fufidio, White Plains, NY, for Defendant Appellant Daniel Hunter., Stephen P. Scaring, Stephen P. Scaring, P.C., Garden City, NY, for Defendant Appellant Trevor Johnson., Marilyn S. Reader, Law Office of Marilyn S. Reader, Larchmont, NY, for Defendant Appellant Robert Carnes.