Legal Opinion

United States v. Matthew Simpson

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 12, 2015No. 14-10932PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRISCILLA R. OWEN, Circuit Judge:

Our court previously remanded this case to the district court after reversing one of Matthew Simpson’s convictions. 1 Simpson was resentenced and now appeals that sentence on several grounds, asserting, among other claims, that 18 U.S.C. § 3581(b)(8) imposes a statutory maximum sentence of twelve years for a Class C felony and that the district court accordingly erred in imposing 240 months of imprisonment for conspiracy to commit mail ahd wire fraud and a consecutive sentence of 240 months of imprisonment for obstruction of justice, both of which are Class C…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
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  3. Burrage v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
  4. Tapia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. United States v. CooksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by42 opinions

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