Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//November 13, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Marcel A. Walton

Case No.: 17-2984

Officials: BAUER, KANNE, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

Marcel Walton, a “Grand Sheik” of the Moorish Science Temple of America in Chicago, stole more than $3 million from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) by filing and assisting others in filing fraudulent tax returns. He pled guilty to mail fraud, see 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and was sentenced to 68 months’ imprisonment—below the advisory guidelines range. On appeal, Walton asserts that the district court violated his due‐process rights by relying on inaccurate information in determining the appropriate sentence. Because Walton does not show that any information was false, nor that the district court relied on any inaccuracies, we affirm.

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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