Opinion ID: 811752
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Sentencing: Number of Victims

Text: DeSimone perfunctorily argues that the court should not have increased his offense level at sentencing based on the number of victims, since there were only eight victims, because the jury found DeSimone not guilty on the counts (counts 2 and 5) related to Dennis Mortimer and David Durning, and the remaining individuals indicated as victims never testified. There was no error. A court may consider acquitted conduct in determining the applicability vel non of a sentencing enhancement, United States v. Paneto, 661 F.3d 709, 715 (1st Cir. 2011), and a court's consideration of evidence at sentencing is not circumscribed by rules of evidence, United States v. Zapata, 589 F.3d 475, 485 (1st -28- Cir. 2009), or the Sixth Amendment right to confrontation, United States v. Rodriguez, 336 F.3d 67, 71 (1st Cir. 2003).