Legal Opinion
United States v. Patti
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 2003No. 02-13871PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge:
Frank M. Patti, Sr. appeals the seventy-nine-month sentence he received after he pled guilty to filing a false income tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1), and conspiring to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. He asserts that the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion for recu-sal and that the district court erred in sentencing him by miscalculating the tax loss and by enhancing his sentence for obstruction of justice. 1
BACKGROUND
On May 31, 2000, a grand jury returned a sealed, eight-count indictment, charging Patti…
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