United States Second Circuit

A sentence for food stamp fraud and theft of public property is affirmed where, despite the absence of data as to the exact amount of loss, the district court's loss calculation was a reasonable estimate of the loss caused by the defendant, and its forfeiture calculation was not plainly erroneous.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/06/2009
• Published 01/06/2009

Judges

• KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  KEARSE, SACK, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Colleen P. Cassidy, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant., Sharon E. Frase (Diane Gujarati, of counsel), Assistant United States Attorneys for Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, N.Y., for Appellee.