Legal Opinion
United States v. John Lashay
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 3, 2005No. 04-3378PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury found John LaShay guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 371, and tampering with a witness, id. § 1512(b)(1). At sentencing, the district court treated the sentencing guidelines as advisory and imposed concurrent terms of 24 months on the conspiracy count and 6 months on the witness-tampering count. LaShay now argues that there was insufficient evidence to support the witness-tampering conviction, and that the district court should have submitted sentencing issues to a jury. 1 We affirm the convictions but vacate the sentences…
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3Cited by31 opinions
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