United States v. Gadsden

Derrick Gadsden appeals his 240-month sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 1349. Gadsden pleaded guilty to opening or causing others to open checking accounts with minimum deposit amounts and then using bad checks from those accounts to make purchases. He now challenges how his sentence was calculated. First, Gadsden argues that the district court’s loss calculation was not supported by sufficient evidence. Second, he argues that the district court improperly counted victims and losses from times during the conspiracy when he was incarcerated. Third,…