U.S. v. SAMMOURY

No. 95-3043.

74 F.3d 1341 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Lorna SAMMOURY, A/K/A Lorna Sammoury-Tsegaye, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa Alva, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs was A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender.

Magdalena A. Bell, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, John R. Fisher and Kristan Peters-Hamlin, Assistant United States Attorneys.

Before: RANDOLPH, ROGERS, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

Lorna Sammoury worked for a charity. While opening the mail and logging in donations, she helped herself to more than half a million dollars, depositing the donors' checks in her personal bank account. For this she pled guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 1344. As part of her sentence, the judge ordered her to serve 30 months in prison. The prison term was within the Sentencing...

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