United States v. Delpilar
Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Defendant-Appellant Aristotle Delpilar (“Delpilar”) appeals from a September 22, 2004, judgment of conviction entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (George B. Daniels, Judge) upon a jury verdict of guilty on one count of possession of stolen securities, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2815. The District Court, applying the United States Sentencing Guidelines, sentenced Delpilar to 14 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Delpilar is currently serving his term of supervised release. On appeal Delpilar argues that the District Court erred in denying an application, made by Delpilar’s father, for a continuance so that he could retain new counsel for his son, and that the District Court committed plain error in applying the Guidelines in a mandatory fashion and enhancing Delpilar’s sentence beyond the relevant maximum based on facts not found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
“A district court has broad discretion to grant or deny a motion for a continuance,” United States v. Cusack, 229 F.3d 344, 349 (2d Cir. 2000) (citing United States v. Pascarella, 84 F.3d 61, 68 (2d Cir. 1996)), and “ ‘only an unreasoning and arbitrary insis
As to the claimed Booker error, Delpilar seeks a remand for resentencing under United States v. Booker, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). The government does not object to a remand for consideration of resentencing pursuant to our decision in United States v. Crosby, 397 F.3d 103 (2d Cir. 2005). Because the error was not preserved, we review for plain error and remand for further proceedings consistent with our decision in Crosby.
Any appeal taken from the District Court following this remand and resentencing, to the extent it occurs, can be initiated only by filing a new notice of appeal. See Fed. R.App. P. 3, 4(b). A party will not waive or forfeit any appropriate argument on remand or on any appeal post-remand by not filing a petition for rehearing of this remand order. The mandate shall issue forthwith.
For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the District Court is AFFIRMED IN PART and the case is REMANDED IN PART for further proceedings consistent with this order.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- United States v. Aristotle DELPILAR, also known as Aristotle Delipilar
- Status
- Published