Legal Opinion
W. Patrick Kenna v. United States District Court for the Central District of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 20, 2006No. 05-73467PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge KOZINSKI; Dubitante by Judge FRIEDMAN
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
We consider whether the Crime Victims’ Rights Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3771, gives victims the right to allocute at sentencing.
Facts
Moshe and Zvi Leichner, father and son, swindled scores of victims out of almost $100 million. While purporting to make investments in foreign currency, they spent or concealed the funds entrusted to them. Each defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. More than sixty of the Leiehners’ victims submitted written victim impact statements. At Moshe’s…
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