Legal Opinion
United States v. Barry Trupin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 23, 2007No. Docket 05-2934-crPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the bounds of “reasonableness” after United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 261, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). In particular, we must determine whether it was reasonable for the district court to prescribe a seven-month prison term — amounting to an eighty percent reduction from the bottom of the applicable Sentencing Guidelines range — for a defendant who engaged in a multi-year, multi-million dollar tax evasion scheme. We hold that the district court’s decision was unreasonable; it failed to properly weigh all of the sentencing factors…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. Jerome CrosbyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- United States v. Daniel Lee FlemingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by21 opinions
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