United States Eleventh Circuit

The sentencing guidelines do not authorize a court to penalize a defendant for refusing to cooperate with the government in a criminal investigation unrelated to the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/21/2001
• Published 12/21/2001

Judges

• TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and SHAPIRO, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard F. Della Fera, Entin & Margules, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Kathleen M. Salyer, Anne R. Schultz, Harriet Galvin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.