United States v. Marvin Jesse Manuel

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Marvin Jesse Manuel appeals his fifteen-month sentence for failure to appear for sentencing on a federal forgery conviction in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 3146(a)(1) (Supp.1991). Manuel argues that the district court misapplied the guidelines. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Manuel pleaded guilty to a federal forgery violation on August 25, 1989, but he failed to appear at the sentencing hearing scheduled on November 20, 1989. He was apprehended at his home and sentenced the next day to twenty-one months imprisonment for forgery. Manuel’s federal forgery sentence was reversed in…