Sentence of defendant convicted of theft of government property to one year and a day is affirmed as her sentence was not unreasonable where the totality of the record demonstrates that the district judge implicitly considered the impact of incarceration on defendant’s family and her medical issues in imposing a below-guidelines prison sentence.       

Read US v. Poetz, No. 09-2359

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Argued September 10, 2009Decided October 9, 2009

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Before:  Manion, Sykes, and Tinder, Circuit Judges

Opinion by Sykes, Circuit Judge

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