Charette
United States v. Charette
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Alfred Francis Charette was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a minor, and witness tampering. Charette appeals the conviction for witness tampering, arguing insufficiency of the evidence. He also appeals his sentence, arguing that a two-level enhancement for obstruction of justice was improper and that the sentence was unreasonable. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
We review de novo the denial of a motion for acquittal based on sufficiency of the evidence. See United States v. Zakharov, 468 F.3d 1171, 1180 (9th Cir.2006). We “review the district court’s interpretation of the Sentencing Guidelines de novo, the district court’s application of the Sentencing Guidelines to the facts of [a] case for abuse of discretion, and the district court’s factual findings for clear error.” United States v. Cantrell, 433 F.3d 1269, 1279 (9th Cir.2006) (alteration in original) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). However, because Charette did *723 not object to his sentence enhancement for obstruction of justice, we review for plain error. See United States v. W. Coast Aluminum Heat Treating Co., 265 F.3d 986, 992 (9th…