Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Cianscewski
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 18, 1990No. 89-1160PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents several questions arising out of the new federal sentencing guidelines, the most important of which involves the applicability of the criminal livelihood guideline in effect before November 1, 1989 to someone with a high percentage, but low amount, of income that is illicit. We conclude that the guideline is inapplicable to defendants whose yearly profit from crime is less than 2000 times the hourly minimum wage.
In this case, the district court’s application of the criminal livelihood guideline enhanced the sentence appellant…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by74 opinions
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- United States v. Ombey MobleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- United States v. John G. Bennett, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- United States v. CapersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
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