Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Brenda SMITH, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-08-01
Citations: 245 F. App'x 353
Docket Number: No. 06-61170
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Brenda SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIENER, GARZA, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 245
Pages: 353–354

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Brenda SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-61170
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 1, 2007.
Paul David Roberts, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Kenneth Harold Coghlan, Rayburn Coghlan Law Firm, Oxford, MS, for Defendan1>-Appellant.
Before WIENER, GARZA, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Defendant-Appellant Brenda Smith appeals from her guilty-plea conviction of conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 371. The offenses constituting the objects of Smith's conspiracy were wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343), identity theft (18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(7)), identification and authentication fraud (§ 1028(a)(6)), and the use of forged bank checks with the intent to defraud (18 U.S.C. § 513(a)). Smith contends that there was no factual basis to support her guilty plea, because there was no factual basis to support a guilty plea on any of the offenses constituting the objects of the conspiracy. Smith raised her contentions in the district court in a motion to withdraw her guilty plea.
The factual basis was sufficient to support a conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and identity theft. As the wire transmission of information from the retail stores victimized by Smith and her co-conspirators was reasonably foreseeable by Smith, the factual basis was sufficient as to wire fraud. See United States v. Johnson, 700 F.2d 163, 177 (5th Cir.1983). As Smith's co-conspirators presented checks bearing the names, driver's license numbers, or social security numbers of other persons, the factual basis was sufficient as to identity fraud under § 1028(a)(7). The factual basis was also sufficient as to two of the objects of the conspiracy. The denial of Smith's motion to withdraw her guilty plea was not an abuse of discretion. See United States v. Carr, 740 F.2d 339, 344 (5th Cir.1984).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.