Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Sayad, No. 08-1366 (10th Cir.) (589 F.3d 1110) (December 22, 2009) (Judge Michael R. Murphy) by Here the Court affirmed a sentence of probation after stating that the sentence imposed by a sentencing judge will be deemed to be substantively unreasonable only if it is “arbitrary, capricious, whimsical, …

U.S. v. Engle, No. 08-4497 (4th Cir.) (592 F.3d 495) (January 13, 2010) (Judge William B. Jr. Traxler) by Here the Court rejected as both procedurally and substantively unreasonable a sentence of probation imposed on a defendant convicted of tax evasion, largely because the sentencing court failed to consider the …