United States v. Dufresne, III, No. 12-1653 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to mail fraud and money laundering. On appeal, defendant challenged his sentence, claiming that the district court procedurally erred. The court affirmed, holding that the district court properly enhanced his sentence for obstruction of justice pursuant to U.S.S.G. 3C1.1 and the district court did not err in refusing to reduce his sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. 3E1.1.
Court Description: Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 3C1.1 for obstruction of justice when defendant sold assets which were subject to forfeiture and intentionally concealed the sales from investigators seeking to locate his assets; nor did the district court err in denying defendant's request for an acceptance-of- responsibility reduction under Guidelines Sec. 3E1.1 based on this obstructive behavior.
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