Sentencing Memorandum

Marisol Halverson-Brandt knows that sentencing is not the end of a federal case. It is where the record becomes a life.When the Federal Public Defender assigns her to represent Wilberforce Brandbury-Brock, a retired Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist convicted of wire fraud, Marisol inherits a difficult posture: a guilty verdict, a presentence report, a contested guideline range, and ...