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Lynne Stewart to be resentenced

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Amended Ruling Could Mean Tougher Term for Disbarred Terror Case Lawyer

New York Law Journal



The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals released on Wednesday an amended opinion on the resentencing of Lynne Stewart, adding language that appears to require Judge John Koeltl to consider a much longer sentence for the disbarred lawyer. The appeals court has directed Koeltl to make a finding on whether Stewart committed perjury at trial and examine in greater detail her abuse of her position as a lawyer -- two factors that would both increase the sentence and help the circuit evaluate whether it was reasonable.

Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on December 24, 2009 (boomark / email).

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