United States v. Jeffrey D. Lachowski

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a restitution order which “departs so far from the text that it is clearly incorrect” can be plain error even without “controlling precedent”
• explaining that an error is plain when it “contraven[es] . . . controlling circuit precedent”
• discussing plain error standard of review; imposition of restitution without statutory basis can constitute plain error
• “Federal courts cannot order restitution in a criminal case without a statutory basis.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).