United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence for tax-preparer fraud is vacated and remanded where: 1) the government was not held to its burden of proof in demonstrating the amount of tax loss attributable to defendant; and 2) defendant's contention that his extraordinary family circumstances argued for a below-guidelines sentence should have been considered as a sentencing factor.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/29/2008
• Decided 08/05/2008
• Published 08/05/2008

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, POSNER and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen Lee (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Leonard C. Goodman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.