Legal Opinion
United States v. Poetz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 9, 2009No. 09-2359PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Suzanne Poetz pleaded guilty to theft of government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. Her advisory sentencing guidelines range was 24 to 30 months, and the district court sentenced her to imprisonment of a year and a day. Poetz argues on appeal that her sentence is unreasonable because the judge did not adequately consider her medical problems or the impact of incarceration on her family, which in her view warranted a sentence of home confinement.
We affirm. The district judge’s failure to specifically mention the impact of incarceration on Poetz’s family does not…
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