Sufficiency of Evidence and Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//July 18, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Branko Bogdanov

Case No.: 16‐4106

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence and Sentencing Guidelines

Branko Bogdanov pleaded guilty to two criminal counts stemming from his family’s multi‐million dollar shoplifting scheme: one count for conspiring to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 2314, and one count for a substantive violation of the same law. The district court sentenced him to 48 months’ imprisonment and entered a preliminary order of forfeiture in the amount of $2.8 million. Bogdanov now challenges both the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the forfeiture order and the total loss amount that supported his advisory sentencing guidelines range. Because we find no error in either calculation, we affirm the district court.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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