U.S. v. FEARMAN

No. 01-3488.

297 F.3d 660 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Precious Therése FEARMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Z. Brook (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., South Bend, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Susan Kister (argued), Clayton, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Precious Therése Fearman appeals from a ten-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud. The district judge had raised her offense level by four steps on the basis of his finding that she had intended to inflict a loss on a creditor of between $20,000 and $40,000. U.S.S.G. § 2F1.1(b)(1)(E). (The punishment for fraud is based on either the actual or the intended loss, whichever is greater. U.S.S.G. § 2F1.1, Application Note 8. The judge...

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