United States Fifth Circuit

Sentence for mail fraud and uttering false securities is affirmed where: 1) the standard of review for the imposition of an enhancement for abuse of a position of trust was clear error, not de novo; and 2) there was no clear error in the imposition of the enhancement in this case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2008
• Published 09/11/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and GARWOOD and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Cristina Walker, Asst. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Betty Lee Marak, Shreveport, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.