Legal Opinion

United States v. Lorna Sammoury, A/K/A Lorna Sammoury-Tsegaye

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided February 6, 1996No. 95-3043PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

Lorna Sammoury worked for a charity. While opening the mail and logging in donations, she helped herself to more than half a million dollars, depositing the donors’ checks in her personal bank account. For this she pled guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 1344. As part of her sentence, the judge ordered her to serve 30 months in prison. The prison term was within the Sentencing Guidelines’ range of 24 to 30 months. Sammoury asked the judge to give her a sentence lower than the Guidelines indicated. Her former husband…

2Cases cited25 opinions

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  3. United States v. Stacey C. Koon, Cross-Appellee. United States of America v. Laurence M. Powell, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
  4. United States v. PierroCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  5. Jim Skinner Ford, Inc. v. WarrenSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. United States v. Gregory M. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
  2. United States v. Dwayne A. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
  3. United States v. GaviriaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
  4. United States v. Renee Withers, United States of America v. Renee WithersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
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