U.S. v. BENNETT

Docket No. 00-1330.

252 F.3d 559 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Patrick BENNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. August Term, 2000.

Decided: May 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Wagner, Ithaca, NY, (Michael D. Pinnisi, Brown, Pinnisi & Michaels, Ithaca, NY, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Patrick J. Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, NY, (Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty., Richard D. Owens, John P. Collins, David Raymond Lewis, Asst. U.S. Attys., New York, NY, on the brief), for appellee.

Before: NEWMAN and CABRANES, Circuit Judges; and THOMPSON, District Judge.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal primarily concerns the authority of a sentencing judge to enhance a defendant's sentence because his wife refused to surrender properties alleged to have been purchased with proceeds of the defendant's crimes. Patrick Bennett appeals from the July 5, 2000, judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John S. Martin, Jr., District Judge), convicting him, after a jury trial, of various...

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