United States v. Barnett

In this appeal, the defendant, Allen Barnett, challenges the district court’s decision to enhance his sentence for obstruction of justice and for abuse of a position of trust. Convicted by a jury of 11 counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, he also contends that his conviction on one of those counts is invalid. We find no reversible error and affirm.

The last of these three issues, involving an alleged insufficiency of the evidence to sustain Barnett’s conviction on Count 12 of the indictment, raises the least serious challenge on appeal. That count charges that the offense…