Legal Opinion
United States v. Scherrer
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 12, 2006No. 05-1705PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*92OPINION EN BANC
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
After pleading guilty to wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (2000), Phillip Scott Scherrer was sentenced to 96 months’ imprisonment, 33 months above the top of the guideline sentencing range. He now appeals, arguing primarily that his sentence was unreasonably high. To provide general guidance on this type of recurring issue, we heard this case en banc in the first instance. Scherrer also contests two conditions on his supervised release term, a matter with which we deal at the end of this opinion.
Scherrer was indicted in September 2004 and, on…
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3Cited by48 opinions
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