Legal Opinion
United States v. Lynn Warren Tjaden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 16, 2007No. 06-1333PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Lynn Tjaden pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. The district court 1 denied Tja-den’s request for an acceptance-of-responsibility reduction and sentenced him to 72 months’ imprisonment, an upward departure from the Guidelines sentencing range of 41 to 51 months. Tjaden argues that the district court erred by not granting his request for an acceptance-of-responsibility reduction and by departing upward. We affirm.
I. Background
As part of Tjaden’s plea agreement, the government agreed to recommend a three- level reduction in the…
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