United States Tenth Circuit

A sentence imposed on defendant for making a false statement to a financial institution and bankruptcy fraud, which was 300% and 36 months higher than the top of the applicable range under the Sentencing Guidelines, is affirmed as the sentence was reasonable even under the higher scrutiny applied to extreme variances.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/07/2007
• Published 12/10/2007

Judges

• TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, HOLLOWAY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Howard A. Pincus, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Raymond P. Moore, Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs), Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming, Denver, CO, appearing for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brent I. Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney (Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, Wichita, KS, appearing for Appellee.