Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Joseph Dalton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 27, 2007No. 05-5265PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge GREGORY joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Dalton appeals the sentence arising from his conviction for credit card fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1029(a)(2) (2000). He argues that the district court acted unreasonably in imposing a 105-month sentence, an upward departure of nearly eighty-five percent from the top of the advisory guidelines range. While we decline defendant’s invitation to hold any upward departure unreasonable, the degree of departure from the advisory…
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