U.S. v. SAMPLE

No. 17-2086.

901 F.3d 1196 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Matthew Dale SAMPLE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed August 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred J. Federici , United States Attorney's Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico ( James D. Tierney , United States Attorney's Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ray Twohig , Albuquerque, New Mexico for Defendant-Appellee.

Before LUCERO, HARTZ, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


The United States government appeals the sentence of Matthew Sample, following his guilty plea to one count of frauds and swindles under 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and two counts of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343. In sentencing Sample to a five-year term of probation on the rationale that such a sentence would allow him...

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