United States First Circuit

Sentence for wire fraud is affirmed over the defendant's argument of excessive sentencing where the judge had a reasonable basis for exceeding the guideline maximum, but remanded to strike or hold additional hearings on two conditions of supervised release where the need for the conditions was not supported by the record.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/12/2006
• Published 04/12/2006

Judges

• Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, SELYA, LYNCH, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bjorn Lange, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Defender Office, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark E. Howard, Assistant United States Attorney, for appellee., Thomas P. Colantuono, United States Attorney, and Peter E. Papps, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.