United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence and restitution order for securities law offenses arising out of the operation of a brokerage with insufficient funds are reversed and remanded where the judge applied the sentencing guidelines as mandatory and the restitution amount was not linked to the specific conduct for which the defendant was convicted.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2005
• Decided 08/29/2006
• Published 08/29/2006

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Joel R. Levin (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert A. Handelsman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.