United States First Circuit

In a case for perjury and contempt where a special prosecutor was appointed, the court cannot require a convicted defendant to pay for the costs of the investigation where there was no statutory authority for the court to assess those costs, but the court can impose a fine upon remand.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2006
• Published 05/18/2006

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas A. Tarro, III and The Law Firm of Thomas A. Tarro, III, Esq., on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald C. Lockhart, Assistant United States Attorney, Robert Clark Corrente, United States Attorney, and Kenneth P. Madden, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief, for appellee.