U.S. v. WILSON

No. 89-50236.

900 F.2d 1350 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Stephen WILSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise Meyer, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Adam B. Schiff, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FARRIS, BOOCHEVER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

John Stephen Wilson appeals his sentence for mail fraud. He challenges the Sentencing Guidelines, claiming they violate his due process rights by requiring the district court to make findings without considering the reliability of the underlying facts and without requiring that those facts meet any articulated standard of proof.1 We find that the Guidelines do not violate due process on these grounds. Wilson also...

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