Legal Opinion
United States v. Edwin A. Kane
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 19, 2006No. Docket 05-2714-crPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant-Appellant Edwin A. Kane appeals from a judgment entered in the District Court for the Western District of New York sentencing him principally to 24 months’ imprisonment upon a plea of guilty to one count of equity skimming in violation of 12 U.S.C. § 1709-2. He contends that the District Court violated his First Amendment rights by weighing his prior published writings against the mitigating character evidence he offered at sentencing. He further maintains that his below-Guidelines sentence is unreasonable.
For seven years, Kane defrauded the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”)…
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