Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Salim Ahmad SALTI, also known as Saleem Salti, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-09-05
Citations: 45 F. App'x 554
Docket Number: No. 02-1438
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Salim Ahmad SALTI, also known as Saleem Salti, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 45
Pages: 554–554

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Salim Ahmad SALTI, also known as Saleem Salti, Appellant.
No. 02-1438.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 30, 2002.
Decided Sept. 5, 2002.
Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
After Salim Ahmad Salti pleaded guilty to two counts of knowingly trafficking in counterfeit labels affixed to copyrighted materials, the district court imposed concurrent twelve-month-and-one-day terms of imprisonment for each count, three years of supervised release, and $12,755.98 in restitution. Salti appeals, and we affirm.
Salti first argues the district court shifted to him the burden of proving the number and value of the counterfeit cassette tapes, for purposes of establishing the amount of loss attributable to his offense at sentencing, by requiring him to produce his evidence first. Salti did not raise this argument below, and no plain error occurred. See United States v. Brown, 203 F.3d 557, 558 (8th Cir.2000) (per curiam). The court did not misstate the government's burden of proof, and the court's procedure yielded the evidence the court needed to resolve Salti's objections to the amount of loss.
Salti also argues the government did not meet its burden of proof in establishing the amount of loss under U.S.S.C. § 2F.l(b)(l)(I) (1998) (requiring 8-level enhancement where loss exceeded $200,000). This argument also fails. Based on sentencing testimony about the number and source of counterfeit tapes, and their market value, the district court's finding that the amount of loss exceeded the $200,000 threshold for an 8-level enhancement was not clearly erroneous. See U.S.S.G. § 2F1.1, comment, (n.9) (1998) (loss need not be determined with precision and need only be reasonable estimate); United States v. Coon, 187 F.3d 888, 899 (8th Cir.1999) (standard of review), cert. denied, 529 U.S. 1017, 120 S.Ct. 1417, 146 L.Ed.2d 310 (2000); United States v. Hernandez, 952 F.2d 1110, 1118-19 (9th Cir.1991) (market value of counterfeited tapes is reasonable value to use in copyright case), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 920, 113 S.Ct. 334, 121 L.Ed.2d 252 (1992).
Accordingly, we affirm.
A true copy.