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Criminal Law: Sentencing-Wire Fraud
Staff Report//February 4, 2019//
Where a defendant challenged her 28-month sentence in a wire-fraud case, the judgment is affirmed because the district court properly considered the relevant factors and adequately explained its sentence, and the court did not impose a sentence greater than that necessary to achieve guideline-sentencing goals.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Hampton (MLW No. 72636/Case No. 18-1018 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas.
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