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Parties Involved:
John George Delaney
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

United States Court of Appeals 

T~nth Circuit 

MAY 2 0 1991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

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JOHN GEORGE DELANEY, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

No. 90-6355 

(D.C. No. CR-90-95-W) 

(W.D. Oklahoma) 

Before McKAY and LOGAN, Circuit Judges, and BRIMMER, District 

Judge.** 

Defendant John George Delaney appeals the sentence imposed 

after his guilty plea to conspiracy to make and utter 

counterfeited obligations of the United States (twenty dollar 

Federal Reserve notes) in violation of 18 u.s.c. § 371. The only 

issue on appeal is whether the court properly calculated his offense level. 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

** The Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer, Chief Judge, United States 

District Court for the District of Wyoming, sitting by designation. 

Appellate Case: 90-6355 Document: 010110106538 Date Filed: 05/20/1991 Page: 1 
The presentence report which the court adopted referenced 

u.s.s.G. § 2B5.1, which states a base offense level of nine for 

offenses involving counterfeit bearer obligations to the United 

States. That guideline says that if "the face value of the 

counterfeit items exceeded $2,000, increase by the corresponding 

number of levels from the table at§ 2Fl.1 (Fraud and Deceit)." 

Applying this reference, the court looked to§ 2Fl.l(b)(l)(K) and 

added ten levels because defendant had manufactured over 

$2,000,000 worth of counterfeit notes. This total of nineteen was 

reduced by two for acceptance of responsibility resulting in an 

offense level of seventeen, under which the court sentenced. 

The only contention defendant makes on appeal is that, 

because the actual loss in the form of counterfeit notes that were 

distributed was only $7,380, the court should have added only two 

levels instead of ten for the specific offense characteristics. 

We hold that the district court properly treated the offense 

characteristics and we affirm its determination. See id.§ 2Fl.1, 

comment. (n.7) (probable or intended loss should be used if larger 

than actual loss). We note parenthetically that because this 

defendant manufactured and produced counterfeit obligations, 

u.s.s.G. § 2B5.l(b)(2) requires imposition of a minimum offense 

level of fifteen, significantly above what defendant argues for in 

this case. 

AFFIRMED. 

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Entered for the Court 

James K. Logan 

Circuit Judge 

Appellate Case: 90-6355 Document: 010110106538 Date Filed: 05/20/1991 Page: 2