United States v. James C. Coleman

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, James C. Coleman, appeals the sentence he received after pleading guilty to fourteen counts of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344, and eight counts of theft of mail matter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708. For the following reasons, we vacate the sentence imposed by the district court and remand for resentencing.

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In February 1992, Coleman organized and executed a scheme to defraud local financial institutions by stealing the mail of local residents and cashing forged cheeks, using information obtained from the thefts. At the time, defendant…