United States Third Circuit

Sentence for wire fraud and money laundering is vacated and remanded where the district court's denial of defendant's motion for a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines range went against precedent requiring district courts to decide departure motions on their merits in order to satisfy the requirement of procedural reasonableness.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/29/2009
• Published 04/29/2009

Judges

• Before:  RENDELL, AMBRO and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edson A. Bostic, Tieffa N. Harper, Federal Public Defender's Office, District of Delaware, Wilmington, DE, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher J. Burke, David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney's Office, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee.