Frenkel
United States v. Frenkel
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Daniel Alexander Frenkel appeals the 33-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea to bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
Frenkel contends that the district court erred when it applied a two-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1 for obstruction of justice because the district court’s findings were insufficient.
We review for clear error the district court’s factual findings that the defendant obstructed justice. United States v. Ancheta, 38 F.3d 1114, 1117-18 (9th Cir. 1994). We review de novo whether the district court’s factual determinations were sufficient to support an enhancement under § 3C1.1. United States v. Ford, 989 F.2d 347, 351 (9th Cir.1993).
The district court found that at his suppression hearing, Frenkel had “made statements that simply weren’t true,” and that these statements concerned a material issue. These findings were sufficient to support the application of an enhancement for obstruction of justice. See U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1 cmt. n. 4(f) (listing the provision of providing “materially false information to a judge or magistrate” as an example of the type of…