United States v. Jones, No. 12-4211 (4th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of several crimes stemming from his participation in a scheme to arrange fraudulent marriages between Navy sailors and foreign nationals. On appeal, defendant challenged his conviction and sentence. Because the court was satisfied that the statements made by two witnesses on the prison telephone were not testimonial, their admission did not violate the Confrontation clause; because defendant failed to cast doubt on Juror No. 42's assurance that she could set aside any opinion she may have had on the case, the court deferred to the district court's determination that she could serve impartially; the offense underlying the witness tampering counts was the aiding and abetting of false claims and, therefore, the obstruction counts were eligible for grouping only with those counts; and the district court reached a reasonable estimate in its loss calculation. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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