USA v. Alfaro, No. 20-51054 (5th Cir. 2022)
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Defendant was convicted of seven counts of mail fraud. The pre-sentence report noted that Defendant had a criminal history category of 1 and that the offense level was 39, based on losses of $9,922,428.63. At sentencing, the prosecution conceded that the total loss amount should be reduced by $325,540.35. After applying reductions, the district court sentenced Defendant to 121 months in prison with three years of supervised release. The court also ordered restitution in the amount of $9,922,428.63.
Defendant challenged his sentence on several grounds. The district court erred in calculating the total loss amount when it did not accept the prosecution’s concession of the $325,540.35 reduction. Had the district court reduced the total loss amount, the Guidelines would have reflected a lower sentencing range. Here, the district court sentenced Defendant near the bottom of the guideline range. Thus, because the recalculation of the total loss amount lowers the guideline range, the case was remanded for the court to resentence Defendant.
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