Legal Opinion
United States v. Whitelaw
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 19, 2009No. 08-50346PublishedCited by 210 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Alan Whitelaw appeals his sentence imposed upon revocation of his term of supervised release on several grounds that he failed to bring to the attention of the sentencing court. Finding no plain error, we affirm.
I
Alan Whitelaw was convicted of theft of money in an amount exceeding $200,000 in state court and was sentenced to 60 years of imprisonment. Whitelaw subsequently pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud charges in the Southern District of Texas. While the same type of fraudulent conduct was the basis for both of Whitelaw’s convictions, the federal…
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