US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Opinions United States v. Burney Docket: 20-10529 Opinion Date: March 29, 2021 Judge: Jerry E. Smith Areas of Law: Criminal Law The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence for wire fraud, concluding that the district court did not improperly consider defendant's socio-economic status. Rather, the court considered only defendant's "good" childhood and upbringing in justifying the upward variance. In this case, the district court considered that defendant did not grow "up in abject poverty" or "surrounded by violence," and it considered his parents' occupations in law enforcement. The court explained that these considerations do not constitute defendant's socioeconomic status, but are part of his background. Read Opinion
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