United States Ninth Circuit

Section 2F1.1 of the Sentencing Guidelines allows defendant, who pled guilty to presenting false claims for preparing false tax returns, to be sentenced under tax offense guidelines rather than fraud guidelines.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/11/2000
• Decided 12/13/2000
• Published 12/13/2000

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:, Before:  TASHIMA and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and ALSUP, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Firdaus Dordi, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant., Elana S. Artson, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.