Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brenda KUKU, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 2, 1997No. 95-9552PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
Brenda Kuku (Kuku) was convicted of offenses arising from her participation in a conspiracy to unlawfully produce social security cards and sell them to illegal aliens. We address two issues raised by Kuku on appeal: (1) whether the district court erred in permitting a co-defendant witness to invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege after the co-defendant entered a guilty plea but before the co-defendant was sentenced; and (2) whether the district court erred in using U.S.S.G. § 2F1.1 rather than U.S.S.G. § 2L2.1 to calculate Kuku’s sentence. 1 We hold that the district court properly sustained…
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