Legal Opinion
United States v. Lowell J. Ekeland
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 21, 1999No. 98-3588PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
'KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Pursuant to a plea agreement, Lowell Ekeland pleaded guilty to a single count of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The district court sentenced Ekeland to 35 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay restitution to the victim of the offense, Kraft Foods, in the amount of $1,700,000. Ekeland argues that the district court misinterpreted the sentencing guidelines and for that reason failed to grant him a downward departure from the imprisonment range calculated under U.S.S.G. § 2F1.1, the guideline under which he was…
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