United States v. Thomas Patrick Buffington

Thomas Patrick Buffington appeals from his convictions on four counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2314 1 and one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 371. 2 The District Court 3 sentenced Buffington to four years imprisonment on each count, to be served concurrently with each other but consecutively to a three-year sentence imposed for a similar but separate offense by the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. After hearing oral argument and carefully reviewing the briefs and the record, we affirm the convictions.

The offenses were committed when Buff-ington and a group of…