United States v. Serges Jacques Descent
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Serges Jacques Descent appeals his convictions and sentences for mail fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy. Finding no error in the district court’s denial of Descent’s motion for judgment of acquittal, and concluding that the district court was correct in not grouping the money laundering and fraud counts for purposes of sentencing, we affirm those decisions. Because the district court erred in modifying the jury instructions related to forfeiture, however, we vacate the forfeiture judgment and remand for entry of a new forfeiture judgment.
I. Background
Descent was indicted on fifty-seven…
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