Legal Opinion
United States v. Sherry Washington
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 14, 2013No. 11-2364PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERNICE B. DONALD, Circuit Judge.
Sherry Washington appeals her conviction and sentence for money laundering and conspiracy to commit program fraud that arose out of her role in a business venture that ostensibly provided “wellness” services to the Detroit Public School (“DPS”) system. We discern no error in the sufficiency of the evidence, and we conclude that Washington was not prejudiced by trial counsel’s errors. We also hold that the district court properly enhanced Washington’s sentence based on her leadership or organizer role in the conspiracy and based on an amount of loss of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Buford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- United States v. Scott Allen McDaniel (03-1940) and Gregory Warren Wade (03-2073)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
- United States v. MoncivaisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
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3Cited by103 opinions
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- United States v. Douglas WrightCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
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