U.S. v. Schlueter

Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 48-month term of incarceration on mail, wire and security fraud charges, even though agreed guideline range was 33 to 41-month term of incarceration. Ct. rejected defendant's contention that Dist. Ct. had failed to adequately explain reason for imposing above-guideline sentence, where Dist. Ct. found that above-guideline sentence was appropriate in light of fact that defendant had defrauded elderly victims while taking advantage of personal relationships at critical stages of victims' lives. Moreover, instant sentence was reasonable especially where defendant qualified for additional enhancement for targeting vulnerable victims, which would have increased applicable guideline range that would have included instant sentence.