Legal Opinion
United States v. Brantley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 21, 2008No. 07-30724PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELROD, Circuit Judge:
Olan Wayne Brantley appeals his sentence after pleading guilty to one count of passing counterfeit checks and one count of bank fraud. He contends that the sentence was unreasonable and that the district court’s imposition of a fine was erroneous. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Brantley was charged with four counts of knowingly uttering and possessing counterfeit securities, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 513(a), and with one count of making a fraudulent application for a bank loan, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014. He pleaded guilty to counts three and five.
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