United States Seventh Circuit

Application of a vulnerable victim sentence enhancement was proper under U.S.S.G. section 3A1.1(b)(1), where the record shows that a mail fraud defendant had knowledge that his premeditated pattern of fraud was likely to harm the unsuspecting elderly victims he targeted.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/03/2002
• Decided 12/17/2002
• Published 12/17/2002

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, DIANE P. WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew Porter (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., App. Sec., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Edward M. Genson, Matthew J. McQuaid (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.