Legal Opinion
United States v. Wilbert Brown, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 10, 1984No. 1144, Docket 83-1454PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal primarily concerns the issue whether the inclusion in a criminal sentence of a judicial order requiring the defendant to make restitution to the victims of his crimes violates the defendant’s Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury. The issue is raised by Wilbert Brown, Jr. on this appeal from a December 16, 1983, judgment of conviction in the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Pierre N. Leval, Judge). Following a jury trial, Brown was found guilty of two counts of fraud arising out of a scheme in which he falsely held himself out…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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3Cited by121 opinions
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