United States Fourth Circuit

Sentence based on amended version of the Sentencing Guidelines does not violate the ex post facto clause where defendant committed additional unlawful acts after the date of the amendment. However, a court must make factual findings before ordering restitution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2000
• Published 12/19/2000

Judges

• Before WILKINS and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Melissa Windham Friedman, Roanoke, VA, for Appellant. Gregory Victor Davis, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  Anthony F. Anderson, Roanoke, VA, for Appellant.  Paula M. Junghans, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Robert E. Lindsay, Alan Hechtkopf, Robert P. Crouch, Jr., United States Attorney, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee.