Legal Opinion

United States v. Andrews

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 11, 2004No. 03-51367PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

George Andrews challenges an upward departure regarding his sentence. Concluding that the district court’s decision was fatally infected with antagonism toward the United States Sentencing Guidelines, we reverse and remand for resen-tencing by a different district judge.

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Andrews and his mother were indicted for offenses stemming from a scheme to defraud their elderly neighbor, Doris Carson, of over $150,000 and other things of value. Andrews pleaded guilty, to conspiring to commit mail, bank, and access device fraud and to the substantive offenses of bank fraud…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Mistretta v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. United States v. Francisco D. Pineiro, Also Known as Frank PineiroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
  5. United States v. Moyosore Ismoila Segun Debowale Nuratu Lawanson, United States of America v. Moyosore IsmoilaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997

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3Cited by28 opinions

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  3. United States v. Samuel Saldana, Jr., United States of America v. Saul SaldanaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  4. United States v. Angeles-MendozaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. Richard Michael SimkaninCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005

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