United States v. Yates

MEMORANDUM *

Paul Yates and William F. McCray appeal their jury convictions and sentences arising out of their actions in connection with companies that purportedly solicited and traded investment funds in foreign currencies.1 Yates was sentenced before the Supreme Court’s decisions in United States v. Booker and United States v. Fanfan, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). Yates challenges his sentence because the court found facts at sentencing which increased the guideline range and followed the guidelines as if they were mandatory. In this case, as in United States v.…