United States Sixth Circuit

In a prosecution of defendant for producing counterfeit bills and using the bills to purchase merchandise at several businesses, district court's imposition of an above-Guidelines sentence of 37 months' imprisonment is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not clearly err in refusing to apply the Application Note 4 exception for bills that are so obviously counterfeit that they are unlikely to be accepted even if subjected to only minimal scrutiny; and 2) the record reflects that the district court carefully considered many of the section 3553(a) sentencing factors, gave appropriate weight to the most relevant factors, and ultimately reached a reasoned conclusion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2010
• Published 08/16/2010

Judges

• GILMAN, J.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephanie L. McKeehan, John Patrick Grant