United States v. Lemon

Defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and subsequently appealed her prison sentence for several violations of her supervised release. Defendant alleged that the district court erred in considering her rehabilitative needs in violation of Tapia v. United States. The court held that the district court did not plainly err when it discussed defendant's need for mental health counseling at sentencing because the district court never suggested that its concern for defendant's mental health was a factor in fixing the length of her twenty-four month sentence. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court. View "United States v. Lemon" on Justia Law