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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOSHUA BRUCE VICOL, Defendant-Appellee. |
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids.
No. 03-00202—Richard A. Enslen, District Judge.
Submitted: December 6, 2007
Decided and Filed: January 24, 2008
Before: KENNEDY, MARTIN, and COLE, Circuit Judges.
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge. Joshua Bruce Vicol was convicted of one count of kidnaping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1) and sentenced to 188 months in prison. The government appeals the sentence imposed by the district court, arguing that the sentencing guidelines range was improperly calculated. According to the government, this error seriously affected the sentence and constitutes reversible error. We agree with the government, and VACATE Vicol’s sentence and REMAND this case for resentencing.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATALIE COKER, Defendant-Appellant. |
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville.
No. 05-00232—Robert L. Echols, District Judge.
Argued: October 26, 2007
Decided and Filed: January 24, 2008
Before: BOGGS; Chief Judge; KENNEDY, Circuit Judge; and JORDAN, District Judge.
BOGGS, Chief Judge. A grand jury indicted Natalie Coker on five counts of conspiring to defraud the United States, taking bribes, and violating the federal conflict of interest laws. Coker pleaded guilty to a single count of committing an illegal conflict of interest, in return for having the other charges dropped. The district judge sentenced her to forty-six months of imprisonment. Coker appeals, arguing that prosecutorial misconduct and incorrect guidelines calculations warrant vacating her sentence. We affirm because her various arguments are either waived, withdrawn, or meritless.