Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward R. Deal
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 9, 1998No. 97-3764PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendant pleaded guilty to having defrauded his employer of more than $200,-000 and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. The sentence would have been shorter had the judge not found that Deal had abused a position of trust, U.S.S.G. § 3B1.3, and we must decide whether the finding was clearly erroneous — which depends in turn on the vexed question of what is a “position of public or [in this case] private trust.” The guideline does not define the term, but the commentary to it describes a position of trust as one “characterized by professional or managerial discretion…
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