Opinion ID: 2768950
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: substantially more than two threatening

Text: communications to the same victim, (ii) a prolonged period of making harassing communications to the same victim, (iii) substantially more than two false liens or encumbrances against the real or personal property of the same victim, (iv) multiple victims, or (v) substantial pecuniary harm to a victim, an upward departure may be warranted. USSG § 2A6.1 cmt. n.4(b) (emphasis added). On plain error review, we cannot say the district court committed error in applying multiple enhancements to Neal’s sentence. UNITED STATES V. NEAL 31 4. The district court did not plainly err in imposing Neal’s sentence, despite Neal’s presentence report incorrectly listing the lengths of his previous sentences. Neal argues that the district court imposed a longer sentence than it otherwise would have imposed, because his presentence report incorrectly reported the lengths of his previous sentences. Neal’s previous convictions were listed in the criminal history section of his presentence report. The presentence report indicated Neal was convicted of eight separate counts related to a bank robbery. Each count was listed separately along with its corresponding sentence (in months). However, the presentence report did not include a total number of months of imprisonment for the eight related counts. Neal argues that, if the months of imprisonment listed in the presentence report for the eight counts related to the bank robbery had been totaled, that total would show the report had incorrectly listed the length of the individual sentences. We agree that, if the individual sentences listed in the presentence report had been totaled, the total would have been 425 months of incarceration, even though Neal was actually sentenced to a total of 665 months of incarceration for the related counts. However, we find no evidence to substantiate Neal’s argument that, “[i]f the court had known” his previous sentence was 665 months instead of 425 months as indicated in the presentence report, “there was a reasonable probability that the court would have imposed a lesser [current] sentence.” Neal is correct, his presentence report did not indicate the correct total number of months of imprisonment for his previous sentences. However, Neal has provided no evidence to indicate that the probation office used the length 32 UNITED STATES V. NEAL of his previous sentences (correct or incorrect) at all, in its Sentencing Guidelines calculation. Nor is there evidence that the lengths of Neal’s previous sentences were used for the probation office’s within-Guidelines recommendation for Neal’s current sentence. Similarly, there is no evidence to indicate the court used Neal’s previous sentences when determining the current sentence. The district court sentenced Neal in accordance with the Guidelines. According to USSG § 5G1.3(a) “[i]f the instant offense was committed while the defendant was serving a term of imprisonment . . . the sentence for the instant offense shall be imposed to run consecutively to the undischarged term of imprisonment.” (Emphasis added). When sentencing Neal, the district court ordered that “[a]ny sentence imposed is to be served consecutively, however, to any undischarged term of imprisonment which the defendant is currently serving.” (Emphasis added). Because the district court neither miscalculated Neal’s sentence nor relied on erroneous information in calculating his sentence, we conclude that the sentence imposed was not plainly erroneous. For the foregoing reasons, Neal’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.