Legal Opinion

United States v. Doe

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 26, 2019No. 18-10007PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDREW S. OLDHAM, Circuit Judge:*

*280John Doe stole over $77 million from his employer. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. We affirmed his sentence in 2007. In 2017, the government filed a substantial-assistance motion under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) and asked the district court to reduce Doe's sentence. The district court refused. We affirm.

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From 1998 to 2005, John Doe defrauded his employer of over $77 million. He pleaded guilty in 2006. Although the Guidelines range for this fraud was 188 to 235 months, the district court imposed a sentence of 300 months. The district court…

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