U.S. v. SAANI

No. 12-3067.

794 F.3d 44 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Tijani Ahmed SAANI, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 17, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly G. Dyer , Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs was A.J. Kramer , Federal Public Defender. Tony Axam Jr. , Assistant Federal Public Defender, entered an appearance.

William A. Glaser , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. On the brief was Kevin R. Gingras , Attorney. Sangita K. Rao , Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered appearances.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SENTELLE.


Appellant Tijani Saani was charged with under-reporting income on his tax returns. He pled guilty to five counts of filing a false tax return and was given an above-guidelines sentence of 110 months in prison. Saani appealed, arguing that the district court's sentence was impermissibly influenced by his refusal to...

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