U.S. v. GRIFFITH

No. 07-5156.

584 F.3d 1004 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Debbie L. GRIFFITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry L. Derryberry, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Julia L. O'Connell, Acting Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs), Tulsa, OK, for Defendant-Appellant, Debbie L. Griffith.

Leena Alam, Assistant United States Attorney (David E. O'Meilia, United States Attorney, with her on the brief), Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellee, United States of America.

Before BRISCOE, BRORBY, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Debbie L. Griffith ("Griffith") pled guilty to embezzling more than $1,000 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA"), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. Griffith misappropriated and converted to her own use VA benefit payments belonging to David Norvell ("Norvell"), for whom she acted as fiduciary and benefits payee. The district court sentenced Griffith to eighteen months' imprisonment and ordered her to pay Norvell restitution of...

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