United States v. Ralph Berndt

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Ralph Berndt appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York following his plea of guilty before William M. Skretny, Judge, convicting him of transmitting threatening communications in foreign commerce, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) (1994), and sentencing him principal ly to 18 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. The sentence included an enhancement pursuant to § 2A6.1(b)(l) of the federal Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”) on the ground that Berndt had…