Legal Opinion
United States v. Walker
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 20, 2000No. 00-1396, 00-1405PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Christopher Walker embezzled from an employee-benefit fund that never contained much more than $500,000. Nevertheless, at sentencing the district court calculated the relevant loss under U.S.S.G. § 2Bl.l(b) as $933,369. Walker challenges *782this seeming paradox. In addition, Walker appeals the sentencing court’s refusal to decrease the base level of his offense for acceptance of responsibility and its refusal to make a downward departure on several suggested bases. The government cross-appeals, claiming that Walker’s sentence should have been enhanced for obstruction of…
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