Opinion ID: 688529
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Minimal Planning Enhancement

Text: 19 United States Sentencing Guidelines section 2F1.1(b)(2) provides that [i]f the offense involved (A) more than minimal planning, or (B) a scheme to defraud more than one victim, increase by 2 levels. MacDonald contends that court erred when it relied upon part (A) for the determination that Victoria MacDonald's offense constituted something more than minimal planning. Application note 1(f) states to section 1B1.1 of the Guidelines '[m]ore than minimal planning' is deemed present in any case involving repeated acts over a period of time, unless it is clear that each instance was purely opportune. Consequently, this adjustment will apply especially frequently in property offenses. The district court was not clearly erroneous when it determined from the facts that Victoria MacDonald's conduct required something more than minimal planning. See United States v. Lindholm, 24 F.3d 1078, 1086 (9th Cir. 1994). Additionally, it is not disputed that the scheme to defraud involved more than one victim. This enhancement is also appropriate under subpart (B). We will not disturb the district court's two level enhancement under section 2F1.1(b)(2) of the Guidelines.