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U.S. v. Thompson, No. 96-1390 (2nd Cir.) (113 F.3d 13) (May 7, 1997) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs)

This case deals with two frequently litigated restitution issues. First, the Court emphatically affirmed that a failure to object to a restitutionary order is not a bar to appellate review "because improperly ordered restitution constitutes an illegal sentence amounting to plain error." (Id., at 15). While that principle has been …

 

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