Legal Opinion

United States v. Charles Torres

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided May 22, 2001No. 00-5209PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge:

Charles Torres appeals the eleven month sentence imposed on him under the United States Sentencing Guidelines after pleading guilty to one count of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. At sentencing, the government had requested a downward departure pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 based on Torres’s substantial assistance in a federal investigation of police corruption and illegal gambling enterprises in northern New Jersey. According to the government, which submitted a six-page letter to the District Court exhaustively detailing and commending…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Dorszynski v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. United States v. Evan Alexander ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
  3. United States v. Abel A. Mariano, Jr., United States of America v. Barry ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  4. United States v. Jose Casiano, A/K/A Jose Rivera Jose Casiano, United States of America v. Alfredo DejesusCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
  5. United States v. Rene SpiropoulosCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by54 opinions

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