United States v. Smith, No. 18-3221 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence after he pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit securities. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in determining the intended-loss calculation and in determining the amount of restitution. In this case, trying to rent a jet without intending to pay for it satisfied the definition of an intended loss, and the district court reasonably estimated the victims' ultimate losses.
Court Description: Stras, Author, with Loken and Wollman, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in calculating the intended amount of loss in this counterfeit securities conviction by including as an intended loss the $2.3 million value of a jet rental contract defendant attempted to enter into; restitution order affirmed as the court's estimates of the victims' losses were cautious and reasonable.
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