Legal Opinion
United States v. Bell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 16, 2010No. 09-2555PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
In 2008, a grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Maurice Bell with willful failure to pay child support from February 2000 to June 2007, in violation of the Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 (DPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 228(a)(3). Bell moved to dismiss the indictment as barred by the statute of limitations, but the district court denied the motion. After a jury trial, Bell was convicted and subsequently sentenced to a term of 24 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $83,890.37. He now appeals because he contends that the district…
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