Legal Opinion
United States v. Oscar Theodore Polk, III
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1990No. 89-5449PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
Oscar Theodore Polk, III, pleaded guilty to eight counts of mail and wire fraud (18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343). Five of these offenses occurred prior to November 1, 1987, the effective date of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, while three occurred after that date. The district court held that the Guidelines apply only to offenses occurring on or after November 1, 1987, and sentenced Polk accordingly. For the pre-Guidelines offenses, Polk was sentenced to five consecutive five-year terms and to a thirty-month consecutive term on the post-Guidelines offenses. This…
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