United States v. Rickey Benns

How courts have described this case

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

• \Only conduct that is criminal may be used as 'relevant conduct' to determine a defendant's offense level\
• “[R]estitution to victims of the offense . . . can encompass only those losses that resulted directly from the offense for which the defendant was convicted”. (emphasis added) (citation omitted)
• “[T]he court may also order, if agreed to by the parties in a plea agreement, restitution to persons other than the victim of the offense.” (emphasis added) (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “The general rule is that a district court can award restitution to victims of the offense. . . . However, the court may also order, if agreed to by the parties in a plea agreement, restitution to persons other than the victim.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).