Legal Opinion

United States v. Peter Albert Cimino

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 15, 1981No. 80-2319PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Peter Cimino, despite his limited involvement in a counterfeit scheme, plead guilty and received a sentence of five years; his co-defendants received probated sentences. Cimino attributes the court’s imposition of the sentence to reliance on factual inaccuracies in a presentence report prepared by the U.S. Probation Department. On appeal, Cimino contends that the sentencing judge violated appellant’s due process rights by considering the alleged inaccuracies. We disagree; the record fails to support Cimino’s allegations. Accordingly, we find that no error was…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Gregg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. Frank Hayes, Dorothy Foley Hayes and Alice BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  4. United States v. Carlos MarcelloCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  5. United States v. Eliseo Espinoza, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  2. United States v. James Morrow Roper, Christian Matthew Newton, John Jackson Miller TruxellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  3. United States v. John Walter SparrowCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  4. United States v. Reynaldo GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. United States v. Eugene Wheeler, Freddie Strauder and George AllredCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986

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