United States v. Clifton

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Defendant Carla Lyn Clifton on three counts of knowingly making false declarations before a Federal grand jury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623(a). The district court sentenced her to forty-one months imprisonment. Defendant appeals her conviction and sentence. She argues the district court (1) improperly instructed the jury on reasonable doubt, (2) improperly allowed the Government to introduce inadmissible evidence under the guise of impeachment, and (3) imposed an incorrect and unconstitutional sentence under the United States Sentencing Guidelines…