March 6th, 2019, Seattle, Washington, 600 University Street, 7th floor courtroom 2.

Good morning, Your Honor.

My name is Jim Lopsons.

I did recently about three weeks ago.

I was retained by Mr. Slesen as other lawyers

to represent him at oral argument here and I represent

Mr. Slesnep.

Thanks Mr. Lopsons.

Nice to see you.

Nice to see you.

Lopsons standing at a podium before two judges representing the defendant appellant,

Roman Vallerevich Selesneth, a Russian national than 34 years old.

Just behind Lopsons, Michael Morgan, representing the United States of America,

the body that sent Selesnif to prison.

As to the sentencing issue, it's my position that there was both a procedural error and the

sentence is also substantively unreasonable.

The two are very intertwined. it's hard to tease them apart,

but the procedural error is really failure to consider and failure to explain the very lengthy sentence imposed on Mr. Salesnev.

Two years earlier Roman Salasnev has been convicted for computer crimes and received a jail sentence that would make any hacker shake in their boots.

Was it really necessary to get a 27-year sentence to protect the public from Mr. Salasnev in future crimes.

A sentence that make any criminal quiver.

And in this case, Mr. Salasnev has received a sentence which is longer than you can get if you have no prior criminal convictions for first degree premeditated murder in state court in Washington.

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