United States DC Circuit

Conviction and sentence based on guilty plea to conspiracy to commit bribery and highway project fraud are affirmed over defendant's claims of: 1) Booker violations; 2) Sixth Amendment violations due to increase of sentence based upon testimonial evidence not subject to cross-examination; 3) use of unreliable evidence to calculate loss that his crime caused the government, which led to erroneous calculation of his advisory Sentencing Guidelines range; and 4) unreasonable sentence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/20/2006
• Decided 04/20/2007
• Published 04/20/2007

Judges

• Before:  GARLAND and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph J. Aronica argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Suzanne G. Curt, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With her on the brief were Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese, III, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Steven J. Durham, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.