Legal Opinion
United States v. John D. Morken
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1998No. 97-1816MNPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
A grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against John D. Morken, charging bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and making false statements to a financial institution. Morken pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344 (1994), and the Government dropped the remaining charges. The applicable provisions of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual (U.S.S.G. or Guidelines) called for a minimum prison term of sixty-three months and a maximum term of seventy-eight months. Moved by a number of undeniably sincere letters from Morken’s…
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