Recent Posts in reasonableness of sentence Category
As you might remember, on August 23rd, I wrote about how circuit courts are no longer deferential to the sentencing decisions of district courts. Consequently, circuit courts are routinely finding ...
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Young Park was convicted of filing a false corporate tax return thereby causing a tax loss of $133,601. Park wasn't a babe in the woods, however, as he had a prior fraud conviction for executing a ...
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Arthur Payton loved robbing banks and had an unusual method he'd employ. Other than performing recon on the targeted bank and dropping off and picking up the robber, Payton wouldn't dirty his ...
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