Opinion ID: 678502
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Badalamenti

Text: 36 Badalamenti claims that the district court clearly erred in finding his relevant conduct involved slightly more than one-and-one-half kilograms of heroin and in sentencing him to a 135-month term of imprisonment. We reject these claims. Badalamenti concedes that the evidence at trial established that he was involved in the purchases of one ounce and of one-half kilogram of heroin from Moysif in August of 1991. However, Badalamenti takes issue with attributing to his relevant conduct the attempted one kilogram purchase from Moysif in September of 1991. Thus, the sole issue is whether the district court clearly erred with regard to this amount of heroin. 37 The evidence showed that on September 2, 1991, Badalamenti told Moysif that he had a buyer for one kilogram of heroin and Moysif made arrangements to obtain the heroin from Podlog. On September 5, Moysif informed Badalamenti that he had the heroin available for him. Badalamenti told Moysif at this time that the customer was no longer interested, but he renewed his request for the heroin several days later. After Moysif assured him that he could provide the agreed upon amount, Badalamenti persisted in his requests until September 14, when it became apparent that Moysif would be unable to provide the heroin. Given these facts, the district court did not clearly err in counting the kilogram of heroin in assessing Badalamenti's relevant conduct. Furthermore, contrary to Badalamenti's argument, the fact that the deal never was consummated does not affect our conclusion. See, e.g., United States v. Beaulieau, 959 F.2d 375, 379 (2d Cir.1992) (proper to include amounts negotiated but not actually distributed); U.S.S.G. Sec. 2D1.1, Application Note 12.