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Interesting guideline debate in upcoming federal sentencing of Monica Conyers

By Douglas A. Berman

This local article out of Detroit, headlined "Conyers sentence fires up debate," highlights the challenge of assessing financial figures under the federal sentencing guidelines in a high-profile public corruption case.  Here are excerpts from this effective article: Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers says she chose her words carefully on her TV show this week because "I don't want to go to jail."  And although she pleaded guilty Friday to a five-year felony, the possibility exists she won't. "I'm certainly going to make my best-case argument that she should receive a non-prison sentence," her Detroit attorney, Steve Fishman, said Wednesday.  Fishman would not disclose the arguments he will make, saying he would make his case in a memorandum he will file in federal court before Conyers' sentencing in about three months...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 02, 2009 (boomark / email).