U.S. v. Myers, No. 98-60775 (5th Cir.) (198 F.3d 160) (December 9, 1999) (Judge Reynaldo G. Garza)
In affirming a four-level enhancement under the "fencing enhancement" provisions of U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1(b)(4)(B), the Court stated that such an enhancement "is intended as a 'punishment for fences, people who buy and sell stolen goods, thereby encouraging others to steal, as opposed to thieves who merely sell the goods which …
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