Kulgavchuk

MEMORANDUM **

Chari Kulgavehuk appeals her conviction and sentence, entered after a jury verdict finding Kulgavehuk guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and money laundering. The district court sentenced Kulgavehuk to a 180-month term of imprisonment to be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release. Kulgavehuk now argues that there was insufficient evidence to warrant her conviction for conspiracy, that the district court violated the Sixth Amendment by sentencing her based on facts that were not proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt, and that her sentence was unreasonable.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, the trial record supports the following conclusions, Kulgavchuk’s boyfriend, William Landrus, organized a scheme to import methamphetamine into Fairbanks, Alaska from California. Landrus asked friends in Fairbanks to accept packages on his behalf. When a friend agreed to do so, Landrus sent the friend’s address to the methamphetamine supplier through a middleman. The supplier then shipped the drugs from California to the address of Landrus’s friend. At first, Landrus paid for the drugs in cash, sent via courier to…