Third Circuit· 1/12/1987

United States v. Peter Sleight

Citations

808 F.2d 1012
1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 942

How courts have described this case

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

holding that “restitution ... is imposed as a part of sentencing”
holding that \restitution . . . is imposed as a part of sentencing\
finding that under Federal Probation Act, restitution “remains inherently a criminal penalty”
holding, in the context of an award of restitution, that “[c]onsideration of the propriety of the amount awarded . . . necessarily encompasses the possible ruling that zero dollars should have been awarded”
finding that under the Federal Probation Act, restitution \remains inherently a criminal penalty\
prohibiting prejudgment interest because purpose of restitution under Probation Act is to make victim whole; order is imposed as part of sentencing process and remains inherently a criminal penalty

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Judges: Seitz, Sloviter, Rosenn

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