U.S. v. Cantrell

Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 78-month term of incarceration on charges of honest services fraud, arising out of scheme to use defendant’s public office to steer contracts to third-party in exchange for kickbacks, as well as insurance fraud and filing false income tax returns. Dist. Ct. could properly apply section 2C1.1 of USSG for determining defendant’s appropriate sentence range, as opposed to larceny guideline under section 2B1.1 of USSG, where defendant actually received kickbacks for steering contracts to third-party. Moreover, Dist. Ct. adequately addressed defendant’s proffered arguments in mitigation.