U.S. v. WHITEHORSE

No. 89-5507.

909 F.2d 316 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Karen Jane WHITEHORSE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn C. Jordheim, Bismarck, N.D., for appellant.

Rodney K. Feldner, Mandan, N.D., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Karen Jane Whitehorse failed to return as scheduled from a furlough she was granted while serving a sentence on a federal felony conviction. She pleaded guilty to escape, 18 U.S.C. § 751(a) (1988), and the District Court1 sentenced her to a prison term of four months, to be served concurrently with her sentence on the previous conviction. The government appeals the court's downward departure from the United...

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