Federal Judiciary

United States v. Jiang, No. 09-CR-34, 2009 WL 3254434 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 9, 2009)

Quick note:

Jiang was convicted of fraudulently importing and trafficking in certain counterfeit goods, for which he faced an advisory Guidelines range of imprisonment of bewteen 78 and 87 months.  The district court, however, sentenced him to 30 months imprisonment.  It initially noted that the "offenses are serious" because they "destroy American commerce."  But it nevertheless imposed a non-Guidelines sentence because "he does have some physical and mental conditions which are subject to pharmaceutical and other treatments. The defendant has a strong work history and many friends and supporters in the community. He has a supportive family and provides for his wife and two teenage children."