Legal Opinion
United States v. Franklin Purther
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1987No. 86-1636PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Chief Judge.
The defendant-appellant was convicted of mail fraud and sentenced to serve a prison term. In addition, the district court ordered him to make restitution to the individual victims of the mail fraud scheme in the amount of $731,209. On appeal the defendant contends that the district court erroneously ordered restitution, claiming that the offenses for which he was convicted took place prior to the effective date of the Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982 (the Act). The restitution provisions of the Act were added to the sentencing chapter of Title 18 of the United…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. Joseph PalmaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,032 United States of America v. Edward Henry Ashdown and Charles E. Graham, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Anderson AtkinsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- United States v. BarnetteCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- United States v. James Randall DurhamCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- United States v. Peter Arvanitis, Stanley Peters, John Yannakis, Perikles Panagiotaros, and Robert RichardsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Alexander Bortnovsky, A/K/A "Sasha," and Leonid BrazCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- United States v. James B. Frost (89-5144/5145) and Charles L. Griffin (89-5146/5147)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
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