United States v. David D. Brunson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Unlike a personal investment advisor/investor relationship, ... no trust relationship exists between the two principals.”
• “The guideline enhancement requires more than a mere showing that the victim had confidence in the defendant. Something more akin to a fiduciary function is required.”
• “The guideline enhancement requires more than a mere showing that the victim had confidence in the defendant. Something more akin to a fiduciary function is required.”
• “Unlike a personal investment advisor/investor relationship, . . . no trust relationship exists between the two principals.”
• “As these cases indicate, ‘vulnerable victims’ are those who are in need of greater societal protection”
• vulnerable victim enhancement requires a specific finding of the victim’s particular vulnerability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).