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Petition of the day

The petition of the day is:

16-152

Issues: (1) Whether the government fails to satisfy the “money or property” requirement of wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, when a misrepresentation deprives the purported victim of information about a potential economic benefit, but the purported victim has no contractual right or other legal entitlement to that benefit; and (2) whether the court of appeals must actually determine, and not merely presume, that a sentencing court has discharged its duty under 18 U.S.C. § 3553 and Rita v. United States to state its reasons for imposing a particular sentence after having considered the defendant’s arguments and the statutory factors.

 

Recommended Citation: Kate Howard, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Oct. 21, 2016, 11:09 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/10/petition-of-the-day-1017/