U.S. v. BENSON

No. 96-5325.

134 F.3d 787 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael BENSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer L. Webber, Asst. U.S. Attorney (briefed), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Memphis, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gary W. Lanker (briefed), Memphis, TN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: NELSON, BOGGS, and SILER, Circuit Judges.


SILER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BOGGS, J., joined. DAVID A. NELSON, J. (pp. ___-___), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Michael Benson has appealed the district court's application of 18 U.S.C. § 3147 and U.S.S.G. § 2J1.7 to his sentence for failing to appear pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3146, which resulted in a three-level increase to his offense level. For the reasons stated herein...

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