Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph M. Palomba
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1999No. 98-10269PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant Joseph Palomba challenges the punishment he received for fraudulently posing as a surety in connection with government contracts. Palomba claims that his criminal history was not correctly determined under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(a)(2), and thus his now-completed sentence was too long. He also claims that the financial loss calculation on which his offense level was based was incorrect because it included losses that were caused by others and were not reasonably foreseeable by him. The financial loss calculation affects the amount of restitution Pa-lomba…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Lane v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. Luis Montenegro-RojoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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