United States v. Marion Timothy Forbes

RONEY, Chief Judge:

Defendant Marion Timothy Forbes pled guilty to aiding and abetting in the possession of counterfeiting plates, 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 2 & 474, and was sentenced under the federal sentencing guidelines to 12 months confinement and three years supervised release. He appeals his sentence, contending that the district court, first, misapplied the guidelines by denying him a two-level reduction as a minor participant and, second, failed to comply with Fed.R.Crim.P. 32(c)(3)(D)’s requirements concerning disputed facts in the presentence report. We affirm.

In December 1987, Forbes and…