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Ninth Circuit (unpublished) reversal for procedural unreasonableness

By Douglas A. Berman

This Los Angeles Times article provides the full story of this unpublished Ninth Circuit ruling, which reverses a below-guideline sentence.  Here are details from the LA Times article:Citing procedural error, a federal appeals panel has overturned the controversial sentence U.S. District Judge Manuel Real imposed on an admitted con man who bilked scores of people out of millions of dollars by offering investments in a sham TV series about the Department of Homeland Security.... Joseph Medawar, who was sentenced in December 2006 to serve a year and a day in prison, could face more time in custody. Medawar, a onetime Hollywood producer, avoided trial by pleading guilty to income tax evasion and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Federal prosecutors sought a sentence of 57 months; even Medawar's trial attorney requested 33 months...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 15, 2008 (boomark / email).