United States v. Zolp

479 F.3d 715 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marshall ZOLP, a/k/a Gary Anderson, Tucker Binkley, John Cassidy, Robert Cassidy, Marcelino Colt, John Douglas, Marcelino Fernandez, Marshall Hamilton, John Hancock, John Lehman, Marshall McCrae, Marshall McCray, Marshall Nemitz, Alex Seagrove, Frank Tully, Werner Wassler, Martin Wellington, Don Wells and Marshall Von Zolp, Defendant-Appellant. No. 05-50822. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted January 11, 2007. Filed March 13, 2007. Elizabeth A. Newman, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant. Ellyn M. Lindsay, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-03-00803-RGK. Before ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, RAYMOND C. FISHER, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges. SMITH, Circuit Judge. 1 Defendant-appellant Marshall Zolp appeals the district court's sentence following his plea of guilty to federal securities fraud. Zolp challenges two aspects of his sentencing proceedings:…