U.S. v. TOMKO

No. 05-4997.

562 F.3d 558 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant v. William TOMKO.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: April 17, 2009.

Opinion Issued on August 20, 2007.

Opinion Amended on August 21, 2007.

Opinion Vacated and Petition for Panel Rehearing Granted on January 17, 2008.

Rehearing En Banc Ordered on August 19, 2008.

Argued En Banc on November 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan J. Hochman (Argued), Alan Hechtkopf, S. Robert Lyons, United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellant.

J. Alan Johnson, (Argued), Cynthia R. Eddy, Johnson & Eddy, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorneys for Appellee.

Ellen C. Brotman, Philadelphia, PA, Peter Goldberger, Ardmore, PA, Attorneys for Amicus, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Lisa B. Freeland, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorney for Amicus, Federal Public and Community Defenders of the Third Circuit.

Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, SLOVITER, McKEE, RENDELL, BARRY, AMBRO, FUENTES, SMITH, FISHER, CHAGARES, JORDAN, HARDIMAN and COWEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SMITH, Circuit Judge, with whom McKEE, BARRY, AMBRO, FUENTES, CHAGARES, JORDAN, and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges, join.

The Government appeals the reasonableness of William Tomko's below-Guidelines sentence of probation, community service, restitution, and fine for his tax evasion conviction. If any one of a significant number of the members of this Court—including some in today's majority—had been sitting as the District Judge, Tomko would...

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