Legal Opinion
United States v. Richards
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 16, 2012No. 10-4767PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Douglas Richards, the former Director of Human Resources for the government of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, appeals the sentence he received after pleading guilty to accepting a bribe. Richards objects to the District Court’s enhancement of his sentence pursuant to § 2C1.2(b)(3) of the Sentencing Guidelines for being a government official in a high-level decision-making or sensitive position. His appeal requires us to determine, as a matter of first impression in our Court, the standard of review we apply to a district court’s application…
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