Opinion ID: 2994133
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Conscious or Reckless Risk of Serious Bodily

Text: Injury Under U.S.S.G. sec. 3D1.2, the sentencing judge grouped the Clean Air Act and Social Security Act offenses because they arose from acts that were closely related as one whole crime and involved the same victims (the homeless workers). Hence, pursuant to sec. 3D1.3(a), the court sentenced each defendant under the higher Clean Air Act offense levels. Because the trial court sentenced the defendants under the Clean Air Act offense levels, the conscious or reckless risk of serious bodily injury adjustments to the defendants’ Social Security Act offense levels were not used to calculate their sentences. Accordingly, in light of our above conclusion that the defendants were properly sentenced under their respective Clean Air Act resulting offense levels, there is no need to address their challenge to the Social Security Act offense adjustments because it could not possibly affect their sentences. See e.g., United States v. Howard, 179 F.3d 539, 545 (7th Cir. 1999); United States v. Dillon, 905 F.2d 1034, 1037-38 (7th Cir. 1990).