United States v. Nachamie
Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
AFTER ARGUMENT AND UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court is hereby AFFIRMED.
Defendant-Appellant Ghanshyam Kalani appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on September 25, 2000, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Shira A. Scheindlin, Judge).
On appeal, Kalani challenges only his sentence and the amount of restitution ordered by the District Court. Kalani asserts four claims: (1) that the District Court’s sentencing violated the rule set forth in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000); (2) that the District Court should have applied a heightened burden of proof concerning loss and, regardless, lacked
We find no merit in Kalani’s claims. With regard to claims (2), (3), and (4), we affirm for substantially the reasons stated in the District Court’s thorough Opinion and Order of September 22, 2000. Kalani’s first claim is foreclosed by this Court’s recent decision in United States v. Garcia, 240 F.3d 180 (2d Cir. 2001), which held that Apprendi does not require a jury determination beyond a reasonable doubt as to a sentencing factor that does not raise a sentence beyond the statutory maximum.
For the reasons set forth above, we AFFIRM the judgment of the District Court.
. Defendant-Appellant Donna Vining moved to withdraw her appeal, and the government consented. By order dated January 25, 2001, Vining’s motion was granted.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- United States v. Alan Barton NACHAMIE, also known as Alan Barton Edwin Tunick Imran Aziz Shaikh, also known as Imran Aziz, also known as John Andrews Lydia Martinez Jose Hernandez Kenneth Schrager Alan Siegel, Donna Vining Ghanshyam Kalani, also known as Jim Kalani
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