U.S. v. KAY

No. 95-30289.

83 F.3d 98 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patricia Ann KAY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josette Louise Cassiere, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Shreveport, LA, for United States of America, plaintiff-appellee.

Wayne Joseph Blanchard, Rebecca L. Hudsmith, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Lafayette, LA, for Patricia Ann Kay, defendant-appellant.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Patricia Ann Kay appeals her sentence after pleading guilty to bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1344. Concluding that the trial court's upward departure did not result from an erroneous application of the Sentencing Guidelines and that the sentence imposed is reasonable, we affirm.

Background

In the early 1980s Kay contracted with Frank and Jeanne Ingraham to perform various accounting and bookkeeping functions. Kay's...

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