Legal Opinion

United States v. Carol Ryser

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 28, 2018No. 16-4365PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

*1020 After violating conditions of her probation by participating in an illegal "lottery" scam, Defendant-Appellant Carol Ann Ryser appeals the sentence she received for her probation violations, arguing that the district court 1 committed a procedural error when imposing her sentence and that her sentence is substantively unreasonable. Specifically, Ryser contends that the district court committed procedural error by selecting a sentence based, in part, on the court's determination she "profited" from the scam and that her twenty-four-month sentence was greater than…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. FeemsterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  3. United States v. KeatingsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
  4. United States v. Walter MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. Jon MisquadaceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United States v. Trung DangCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2018
  2. United States v. Hardy KocherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019
  3. United States v. Nicholas CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2020
  4. United States v. Dante RhodesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. Joel MayokokCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019

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