United States v. Isaiah Wilson, Jr.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Isaiah Wilson, Jr., was convicted after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on seven counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. He was sentenced to a prison term of thirty-seven months. Wilson challenges his sentence arguing that the district court erred in its application of the Sentencing Guidelines. First, he contends that the district court improperly made an upward adjustment in his Guidelines base offense level on the ground that his crime was perpetrated against a “vulnerable victim.” Second,…