Legal Opinion
United States v. Scott Franz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 4, 1989No. 88-2739PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Scott Franz engaged in a checkkiting scheme and pleaded guilty to a charge of bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1344. At his sentencing hearing, Mr. Franz requested that, due to the presence of mitigating circumstances in his case, the district court depart from the sentencing range mandated by the Sentencing Guidelines promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission under 28 U.S.C. § 994. The district court denied his request for a departure and imposed on Mr. Franz the lowest sentence provided for his offense under the guidelines: eight months’ imprisonment (four…
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