United States Ninth Circuit

After a guilty plea to false personation of an officer of the U.S., a sentence enhancement under U.S.S.G. section 2F1.1(b)(4)(A), for an offense involving "misrepresentation that the defendant was acting on behalf of...a government agency", did not amount to impermissible double-counting, and was appropriate based on defendant's conduct.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/16/2002
• Decided 06/18/2002
• Published 06/18/2002

Judges

• Before HAWKINS and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Rimantas A. Rukstele, Assistant United States Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for plaintiff-appellee., Rene L. Valladares, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, NV, for defendant-appellant.