Legal Opinion
United States v. James Fry
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2015No. 13-3502PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted James Fry of five counts of securities fraud, four counts of wire fraud, and three counts of making false statements to the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Thomas Petters. The district court1 sentenced Fry to a total of 210 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Fry argues that we should presume that the district court sentenced him vindictively, in retaliation for his exercise of the right to a jury trial, because Fry’s sentence was longer than sentences imposed on defendants who pleaded guilty in…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Koon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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