IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

 JUDGE PHILIP A. BRIMMER

 COURTROOM MINUTES

Courtroom Deputy: Kathy Preuitt-Parks

Court Reporter: Janet Coppock

Probation Officer: Justine Kozak

Date: July 13, 2012

Time: one hour and 13 minutes

Interpreter: n/a

CASE NO. 11-CR-00356-PAB

Parties Counsel

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Thomas O’Rourke

Plaintiff,

vs.

MICKEY MARIE PALMORE, Brian Leedy

Defendant.

CONTINUED SENTENCING

8:05 a.m. COURT IN SESSION

APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL. Defendant is present and on bond .

Court has received defendant’s supplements to her motions for variant sentence and

downward departure.

Thomas Lake addresses the Court.

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Argument by Mr. Leedy in support of defendant’s motions for departure and variant

sentence and comments addressing sentencing.

Argument by Mr. O’Rourke and comments addressing sentencing.

Harry Auston addresses the Court.

Defendant addresses the Court.

Court states its findings and conclusions.

ORDERED: Defendant’s Motion for Variant Sentence (Doc #49) is GRANTED.

ORDERED: Defendant’s Motion for Departure Pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5H1.6 (Doc # 50)

is DENIED.

Defendant entered her plea on January 10, 2012 to count 1 of the Indictment. 

ORDERED: Defendant's plea of guilty is ACCEPTED.

Court considers statutory factors of 18 USC § 3553(a) in arriving at sentence.

ORDERED: Defendant shall be placed on probation for a period of years.

ORDERED: Conditions of Probation are that:

(X) Defendant shall not commit another federal, state or local crime.

(X) Defendant shall not illegally possess controlled substances.

(X) Defendant shall not possess a firearm or destructive device.

(X) Defendant shall comply with standard conditions recommended by U.S.

Sentencing Commission.

(X) Defendant shall refrain from the unlawful use of a controlled substance and

submit to one drug test within 15 days of sentencing and at least two periodic

drug tests thereafter for use of a controlled substance.

(X) Defendant shall cooperate in the collection of a DNA sample from the

defendant as directed by the probation officer. 

() Mandatory drug testing provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d) are WAIVED

because defendant has not shown any evidence of drug use.

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ORDERED: Special Condition of Probation are that:

(X) Defendant shall not incur new credit charges or open additional lines of credit

without the approval of the probation officer, unless the defendant is in

compliance with the periodic payment obligations imposed pursuant to the

Court’s judgment and sentence.

(X) Defendant shall participate in and successfully complete a program of mental

health treatment, as directed by the probation officer, until such time as the

defendant is released from the program by the probation officer. The

defendant will be required to pay the cost of treatment as directed by the

probation officer. The Court authorizes the probation officer to release

psychological reports and/or the presentence report to the treatment agency

for continuity of treatment.

(X) Defendant shall not be employed in the field which allows her access to

other’s money or pension benefit.

(X) Defendant shall be placed on home detention for a period of six months, to

commence within 21 days of sentencing. During this time, the defendant

shall remain at his place of residence except for employment and other

activities approved in advance by the probation officer. The defendant shall

maintain a telephone at his place of residence without any special services,

modems, answering machines, or cordless telephones for the above period.

The defendant shall wear an electronic device and shall observe the rules

specified by the Probation Department. The defendant will be required to

pay the cost of electronic monitoring as directed by the probation officer.

ORDERED: Defendant shall pay $100.00 to Crime Victim Fund (Special Assessment),

to be paid immediately. 

ORDERED: No fine is imposed because defendant has no ability to pay a fine.

ORDERED: Defendant shall make restitution as follows:

Fringe Benefit Services Inc. $ 15,000.00

7010 Broadway #106

Denver, Colorado 80221-2913

Zurich American Insurance Company $542,026.46

P.O. Box 66944

Chicago, Illinois 60666-0944

ORDERED: Interest on restitution is WAIVED.

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ORDERED: Government’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc #29) is GRANTED.

ORDERED: Defendant advised of right to appeal. Any notice of appeal must be filed

within 10 days.

ORDERED: A copy of the presentence report shall be forwarded to the U.S. Bureau of

Prisons and the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

ORDERED: Bond exonerated.

9:18 a.m. COURT IN RECESS

Total in court time: 73 minutes

Hearing concluded

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