Court Opinion

ID: 9484572
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 09:57:28.247365+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:50:19.346608
License: Public Domain

*888BRIGHT, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I can find no error in the sentencing process or the actual sentence of ten years and one month, the top of the guidelines. Accordingly, I concur.
Yet, I write to note that no molestation of any young person actually occurred. The conversations Wohlman had about sex with minor females took place with government agents who posed as minor females.
Wohlman has no felony convictions and operates an apparently successful business. A qualified expert witness testified that Wohlman was unlikely to reoffend and that he was not a predator. The district judge, however, gave little weight to this testimony. Although the sentence at the top of the guidelines stands approved, this judge suggests that this sentence is harsh considering the entire record and defendant’s background.