United States v. Faye S. Reinke

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from the sentence imposed on Faye S. Reinke after her conviction of conspiring to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1994). The district court departed downward from the sentencing range prescribed by the Sentencing Guidelines, arriving at a sentence of six months in a community facility, two years probation with 150 hours per year of community service, and three years of supervised release. The United States contends that the district court abused its discretion in sentencing because the court found that…