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U.S. v. Lussier, No. 96-1110, No. 354 (2nd Cir.) (104 F.3d 32) (January 9, 1997) (Judge Jon O. Newman)

In 1995, the Second Circuit the Second Circuit flatly held that "Because improperly ordered restitution constitutes an illegal sentence and amounts to plain error [the failure of the defendant to object to the restitution order at trial] is not a bar to our review." U.S. v. Soto, 47 F.3d 546, ...

 

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