Restitution & Fines

• Author: Matthew G. Kaiser
• Pages: 455-470

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Restitution &

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§16:01 The Fourth Circuit Agrees That Restitution Is

Hard for Child Pornography Victims, Even If

the Person Accused of the Child Pornography

Offense Is Chatty

§16:02 A Federal Judge Can’t Reopen a Sentencing

Hearing, Even When There’s $17 Million in

Restitution at Stake

§16:03 Health Care Fraud Restitution Amounts Can’t

Be Set on Just an Insurance Company Saying It

Would Like a Lot of Money

§16:04 The Eleventh Circuit Discusses When the

Government Can Take Your Wife’s Stuff to

Make Restitution for a Crime You Committed

§16:05 The DC Circuit Vacates a Restitution Order in a

Criminal Copyright Case—Or, Making Money

Off Pirated Adobe Software Doesn’t Necessarily

Hurt Adobe as Much as It Helps the Person

Making the Money

§16:06 The Second Circuit Joins the Ninth in Rejecting

Restitution in a Child Porn Case

§16:07 Appellate Advocate Wins a Chance to Save His

Client $100

§16:08 The Seventh Circuit, Plain Error, and Fines That

Shouldn’t Be Imposed

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§16:01 Criminal Defense Victories in the Federal Circuits

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§16:09 Tax Restitution Trips Up a District Court Judge in

the Seventh Circuit

§16:10 The Seventh Circuit Reminds Us That Loss Is Not

Equal to Restitution (Also, Pleading Open Has

Benefits)

§16:11 The Ninth Circuit on Child Support, Restitution,

and Domestic Slavery

§16:12 The Ninth Circuit Vacates a Restitution Award in

a Child Pornography Case

§16:13 The Eleventh Circuit Reverses and Remands

Because the District Court Made Up a

Restitution Amount

§16:14 More Defense Victories – in Brief

§16:01 The Fourth Circuit Agrees That

Restitution Is Hard for Child

Pornography Victims, Even if

the Person Accused of the Child

Pornography Offense Is Chatty

United States v. Burgess, 684 F.3d 445 (4th Cir. 2012)

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Χοµπλετε τεξτ ιν ♣14:02, Πορνογραπηψ.

§16:02 A Federal Judge Can’t Reopen a

Sentencing Hearing, Even When There’s

$17 Million in Restitution at Stake

United States v. Murray, 700 F.3d 241 (5th Cir. 2012)

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