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
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Argued September 10, 2009Decided October 9, 2009
Judges
Before: Manion, Sykes, and Tinder, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Sykes, Circuit Judge
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