United States Seventh Circuit

District court's imposition of a sentence of four-months' imprisonment on a defendant convicted of wire fraud for defrauding several people out of money and property, by posing as an expectant mother willing to give her child up for adoption, is affirmed where: 1) district court correctly applied the "vulnerable victim" and "mass-marketing" sentence enhancements; and 2) the district court properly considered the section 3553(a) factors.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2009
• Decided 02/02/2010
• Published 02/02/2010

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, FLAUM, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth Altman, Attorney, Office of The United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Michael W. Lieberman, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Defender Services, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.