Legal Opinion
United States v. Gerard Hawkins and Monique Hawkins
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 2007No. 05-4311, 05-4243PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendants were convicted by a jury of violating the federal mail fraud statute, and of related crimes, arising from a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders by submitting inflated appraisals of the property to be mortgaged. They were sentenced (following a remand for resentencing in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005)) to 63 and 45 months in prison, respectively. Their appeals challenge only their sentences.
The sole issue is the amount of loss caused by the fraud. The indictment specified nine properties, and evidence…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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