United States v. Craig Taffaro
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
Craig Taffaro was convicted by a jury of several counts of tax evasion and filing false income tax returns. Based on his total offense level, the Presentence Report ("PSR") calculated a guidelines imprisonment range of 27 to 33 months. The district court varied downward from the guidelines and sentenced Taffaro to 60 months' probation and assessed a fine. The government appealed the sentence as substantively unreasonable. Finding its arguments unpersuasive, we affirm.
"The standard of review on a challenge to the substantive reasonableness of a sentence is…
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