Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 2009No. 08-30125PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam Opinion; Dissent by Judge HALL.
2Per curiam
In United States v. Paul, 239 Fed. App’x 353(9th Cir.2007) (Paul I), we held that a 16-month sentence imposed on Patricia Betterman Paul for theft from a local government receiving federal funding, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(A), was unreasonable. Id. at 354. We viewed her case as one that did not fall within the “heartland” of cases to which the Federal Sentencing Guidelines are most applicable, as contemplated by Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 2465, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007) (a court may decide “that the Guidelines…
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