United States Ninth Circuit

Under USSG 4A1.2, a conviction for shoplifting is substantially similar to the offense of passing a check for insufficient funds and should not be counted in prior criminal history when calculating a sentence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2001
• Decided 03/28/2001
• Published 03/28/2001

Judges

• SNEED, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SNEED, GRABER, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael K. Powell, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Reno, Nevada, for the defendant-appellant., Craig Denney, Assistant United States Attorney, Reno, Nevada, for the plaintiff-appellee.