United States Seventh Circuit

District court erred in enhancing the sentence of a counterfeit currency-distributor under U.S.S.G. section 2B5.1(b)(5), even though the check-forging scheme in which she participated was international in scope, where: 1.) she was not charged with forging checks for a man overseas; 2.) she did not expect to be paid by him in phony bills; and 3.) she did not spend the money outside the US.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/08/2008
• Decided 12/29/2008
• Published 12/29/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Grant C. Johnson (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Daniel W. Stiller, Federal Public Defender (argued), Federal Defender Services of Eastern Wisconsin, Incorporated, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.