United States Ninth Circuit

Defendants successfully challenged their sentences, in light of a 2001 amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, on grounds that the district court erred in including interest and finance charges in its calculation of the total amount of loss for sentencing purposes.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2004
• Decided 07/23/2004
• Published 07/23/2004

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:, Before: WALLACE, NOONAN, and MMcKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Weiner, San Francisco, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin V. Ryan, United States Attorney, Hannah Horsley, Assistant United States Attorney, and Brian J. Stretch, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for the appellee.