United States Seventh Circuit
US v. Cantrell, 09-1856
District court's conviction of defendant for honest services fraud, for using his position in public office to steer contracts to a third party in exchange for kickbacks, and other crimes, and sentence of 78 months' imprisonment are affirmed where: 1) defendant's award of contracts was clearly a kickback scheme, so section 1346 - even as pared down by Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. __, 2010 WL 2518587 (2010) - applies to defendant; 2) the district court did not err in applying U.S.S.G. section 2C1.1; and 3) there is no evidence that the district judge committed procedural error or otherwise acted unreasonably in imposing a within-guidelines sentence.
Appellate Information
- Argued 05/24/2010
- Decided 08/11/2010
- Published 08/11/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit