United States v. Carmen Miledy Griffin, United States of America v. Sank Hines, United States of America v. Deborah Tucker

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Carmen Griffin, Sank Hines and Deborah Tucker pled guilty to felony charges before Judges Ward, Mukasey and Wood respectively. In each case, the judge included a $50 assessment pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3013(a)(2)(A) in the penalty imposed. At the time of the offenses in question, section 3013 required sentencing courts to assess $25 against any individual convicted of a misdemeanor and $50 against any individual convicted of a felony. The proceeds of such assessments are placed in a Crime Victims Fund, a separate account of the United States Treasury, from which…