United States v. Lloyd George Kenney

BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant was convicted of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) (1982). 1 He was sentenced to a 25-year term of incarceration and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1425 as a condition of parole. We find no statutory authority for a portion of the restitution and vacate that amount. We affirm the remainder of the sentence.

The challenged restitution, imposed under authority of the Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982 (“VWPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 3579(a) (1982), was intended to reimburse the bank for the wages of its employees who testified at trial…