Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//October 25, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Travis Oliver

Case No.: 16-3611

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

Travis Oliver pled guilty to wire fraud for defrauding investors. The district court sentenced Oliver to fifty‐one months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Oliver challenges that sentence on appeal. He argues that the district court erred by failing to con‐ sider unwarranted sentencing disparities, relying on inaccurate information, not calculating the Guidelines range for supervision, and imposing a two‐level leadership enhancement. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

Modified in part. Affirmed in part.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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