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U.S. v. Spencer, No. 11-3463 (8th Cir.) (700 F.3d 317) (November 7, 2012) (Judge Steven M. Colloton)

Loaded on Nov. 12, 2012 published in Punch and Jurists November 12, 2012
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Loss - Calculation/Determination of.

This case is noted for Judge Bright’s important dissent in which he sharply criticized the calculation of loss under the fraud Guidelines, charging that they produce “astronomical sentences” that have “little connection to criminality".

The defendant in this case, John Anthony Spencer, was convicted at trial of ten counts of ...

 

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