· 4/10/2006
United States v. Michael David Casey, United States of America v. Michael David Casey
Citations
- 444 F.3d 1071
- 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 8696
- 2006 WL 903226
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- referring to criminal forfeiture as “the mandatory forfeiture sanction Congress intended”
- “We disagree that allowing money judgments in forfeiture cases erases the distinctions between fines and forfeitures.”
- “We are satisfied that money judgments will advance the purposes of the [CFA] in combating the illegal drug trade and punishing those involved in it.”
- if the defendant is insolvent at the time of sentencing, the court must impose a money judgment that remains in effect until it is satisfied
- “Because we hold that the government is entitled to a money judgment in criminal forfeiture cases, even when a defendant has no assets, the district court erred by refusing to enter the requested money judgment against [the defendant].”
- discussing in personam nature of money judgment forfeitures
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Browning, Nelson, O'Scannlain
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