United States v. Reed Document 11: Judgment*, Attachment 2

Massachusetts District Court
Case No. 1:03-cr-10399-WGY
Filed February 9, 2007

Judge William G. Young : ORDER entered. JUDGMENT as to Diane C. Reed (1), Count(s) 1-2, The defendant is to serve 1 year of Administrative Probation with Special Conditions. Fine $5000. Special Assessment of $150. (Attachments: # (1) Transcript) (Smith, Bonnie)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
Criminal No.
03-10399-WGY

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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DIANE C. REED
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SENTENCING EXCERPT

BEFORE:
The Honorable William G. Young,
District Judge

1 Courthouse Way
Boston, Massachusetts

February 8, 2007
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THE COURT:

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Ms. Diane C. Reed, in consideration of

the provisions of 18 United States Code, 3553(a), the

information from the United States Attorney, your attorney,

the probation officer and yourself, this Court places you on

one year of administrative probation, assesses you a $
mandatory special assessment, but I do fine you $5,000.

A fine necessarily is based upon the ability to

pay.
As I assess you as an individual, for one thing, I

accept everything Ms. Ortiz has said and that Mr. Hoopes has

said on your behalf, and it would have made no difference

had he filed anything and charged you for it.

As I assess you as an individual, a fine will do

two things.

every sentence to speak for the public, the public sanction

for what is a clear violation of the public's law and a

voluntary, a largely voluntary tax system.

has hung over you for a long time.

been said.

to pay a fine, that's really putting it behind you.

what the public demands of you.

It expresses the public, as it is my duty in
But also, this
I won't add to what's
If you pay a fine or make a good faith attempt
That's
A fine.
Now, since I've imposed a fine, though it's

administrative probation, I have to impose some special

assessment and I do -- special conditions.

you're prohibited from incurring new credit charges or

opening additional lines of credit without the approval of
And they are,
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the probation office; you're to provide the probation office

access to any requested financial information; and your case

will go into the administrative caseload upon the

satisfaction of this financial obligation.

That's the order of the Court.

I tell you, you have the right to appeal from any

findings or rulings I've made against you.

and your appeal is successful in whole or in part and the

case comes on for resentencing, it will be redrawn to

If you appeal
another judge.

Should she decide to appeal, Mr. Hoopes, I instruct

you, if you want transcript, to order the transcript in this

Court before you file your notice of appeal and I lose

jurisdiction, because I'll turn it around faster than the

Court of Appeals.

Do you understand?

MR. HOOPES:

THE COURT:

I misspoke in one respect.
I do, your Honor.
Thank you.
It is a matter that has

no bearing on the sentence, but I am so respectful of

Mr. Womack for preparing this public, transparent database

of this Court's sentences.

this offense was 20 months.

months.

I said the average sentence for
That's an error.
It's
So I make that correction.
All right.
If we're -- that's it.
If we have the
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next case we'll proceed.

MR. HOOPES:

THE CLERK:

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Thank you, your Honor.
Mr. Carney hasn't come into the
courtroom yet.

THE COURT:
So we'll take a brief recess.

THE CLERK:
All rise.

MR. HOOPES:

(Whereupon the matter concluded.)

recess.
Court is in recess.
Thank you, your Honor.
We'll
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