United States Seventh Circuit

Convictions for mail fraud are affirmed, but the sentences vacated and the case remanded for re-sentencing where the trial court applied the wrong Guidelines sentence when it concluded that embezzling money from the government fell under section 2C1.1 of the Guidelines which covers frauds that include bribery.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/10/2008
• Decided 05/08/2008
• Published 05/08/2008

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bernard Van Wormer (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Kerry C. Connor (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Hammond, IN, Visvaldis P. Kupsis (argued), Valparaiso, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.