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· 4/6/2000

United States v. Jorge Torres A/K/A George Boyd, Jr. Jorge Torres, United States of America v. Jorge Torres A/K/A George Boyd, Jr. Jorge Torres

Citations

  • 209 F.3d 308
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 6269
  • 2000 WL 352484

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that the district court must create a factual record “such that it can be said that the [district court] considered the issue” of a defendant’s ability to pay a fine
  • upholding $5,000 fine imposed on indigent defendant to be paid over five years of supervised release
  • attempt to with- draw fraudulently deposited funds that was thwarted because bank suspected fraud was not incomplete attempt
  • “[Wjhere ... a defendant, whose burden it was to prove his or her inability to pay by a preponderance of the evidence, made utterly no showing in that regard and took no issue with facts of record showing an ability to pay, error sufficient to warrant relief must be very plain, indeed.”
  • “[Wjhere ... a defendant, whose burden it was to prove his or her inability to pay by a preponderance of the evidence, made utterly no showing in that regard and took no issue with facts of record showing an ability to pay, error sufficient to warrant relief must be very plain, indeed.”
  • “[Wjhere ... a defendant, whose burden it was to prove his or her inability to pay by a preponderance of the evidence, made utterly no showing in that regard and took no issue with facts of record showing an ability to pay, error sufficient to warrant relief must be very plain, indeed.”

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Judges: Becker, Alito, Barry

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