Legal Opinion
United States v. Murshed (Algahaim)
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 1, 2016No. 15-2024-cr(L)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by two defendants found guilty after a jury trial of offenses concerning misuse of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”) (formerly “food stamps”). Ahmed A. Algahaim and Mofaddal M. Murshed appeal from the June 12, 2015, judgments of the District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, District Judge). We affirm the convictions and sentences but also remand to permit the sentencing judge to consider non-Guidelines sentences in view of the significant effect of the loss enhancement in relation…
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