United States Fifth Circuit

Sentence for tax evasion is vacated where the district court's reliance on the year-end value of certain stock as a mitigating sentencing factor was not reasonably related to the factors under section 3553(a), and was thus unreasonable under Booker.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/03/2006
• Published 10/03/2006

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before GARZA, PRADO and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan B. Cowger (argued), Michael Reuss Snipes, Dallas, TX, for U.S., Shirley L. Baccus-Lobel (argued), Law Offices of Shirley Baccus-Lobel, Dallas, TX, for Roush.