Legal Opinion
United States v. Louis Guglielmi
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1991No. 90-6809PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
For a third time, we are called upon to review the imposition of an extremely substantial sentence flowing from a conviction on multiple counts of obscenity crimes predating the advent of the federal sentencing guidelines.1 Such review necessitates a most careful examination of the limitations the law places upon a federal appellate court’s power to check the wide discretion accorded to federal district courts in matters of sentencing.
Appellant Louis Guglielmi was convicted, after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Western District of North…
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