Opinion ID: 617707
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Acquitted Conduct

Text: Kokenis argues that the district court's use of acquitted conduct in determining his sentence violated his constitutional rights. He concedes that circuit precedent forecloses this argument, see, e.g., United States v. Black, 625 F.3d 386, 394 (7th Cir.2010) (`A jury's verdict of acquittal does not prevent the sentencing court from considering conduct underlying the acquitted charge, so long as that conduct has been proved by a preponderance of the evidence.') (quoting United States v. Watts, 519 U.S. 148, 157, 117 S.Ct. 633, 136 L.Ed.2d 554 (1997) (per curiam)), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 2932, 180 L.Ed.2d 238 (2011), and raises it only to preserve it for review by the Supreme Court.