United States v. Charles Lawrence Pearce

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Charles Pearce appeals the district court’s determination of his sentence after he pled guilty to kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201. On appeal, Pearce contends that the district court erred in calculating his base offense level, because it applied an upward adjustment for a “vulnerable victim.” We exercise jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742 and affirm.

The defendant escaped from the Jackie Brannon Correctional Center in McAlester, Oklahoma on February 21, 1991. After his escape, the defendant kidnapped a fifty-seven-year-old woman by holding a sharp…