United States of America, Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Ibrahim Ahmad Suleiman, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant

JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal primarily concerns the issue of whether a defendant’s perjury before a grand jury was “in respect to a criminal offense” for purposes of the sentencing enhancement required by section 2J1.3(c)(l) of the Sentencing Guidelines. The United States appeals from the November 25, 1998, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Whitman Knapp, District Judge), which imposed a sentence of ten months (time served) on Ibrahim Ahmad Suleiman, after he was found guilty of perjury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623 (1994). In determining the…