U.S. v. CHIAPPETTA

No. 00-3345.

289 F.3d 995 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santa CHIAPPETTA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart J. Chanen (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., App. Sec., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David Dana (argued), Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Santa Chiappetta filed this appeal after being found guilty of eight counts of mail fraud, five counts of wire fraud, and two counts of money laundering. For those crimes, she received a sentence of 97 months' imprisonment as well as the obligation to pay $1,881,669 in restitution. On appeal, she rests her hopes of reversal solely on the argument that the district court abused its discretion when it denied her a continuance. Finding no...

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