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Criminal Law Keyed to Lee
United States v. Gementera
Citation:
379 F.3d 596Facts
The defendant stole letters from several mailboxes on May 21. 2003. He was caught by a police officer and immediately detained. He pled guilty to mail theft and on February, 25, 2003, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California sentenced him.
The sentencing guidelines permitted two to eight months incarceration. The court imposed two months incarceration and three years supervised release with conditions. One such condition required the defendant to stand in front of a postal facility in San Francisco, for 100 hours, with a sandwich board which in large letters read: “I stole mail. This is my punishment.” The defendant appealed the sandwich board requirement.
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