United States v. Tulsiram

This case presents two questions. The first is whether a judgment of conviction is final for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and therefore appealable, if it imposes a sentence including incarceration and restitution but does not determine the restitution amount. The second is whether — if we have jurisdiction over this appeal — we must vacate the guilty plea of defendant-appellant Narendra Tulsiram (“Tulsiram”), because the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (J. Paul Oetken, Judge) did not advise him about mandatory restitution during the plea proceeding.

We hold…