UNITED STATES v. FRANKLIN

No. 85-7730.

792 F.2d 998 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J.C. FRANKLIN, Defendant-Appellee, v. Earle T. MYERS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Cromwell Johnson, Leila Hirayama, Birmingham, Ala., for Myers.

Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty., John Ott, Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for U.S.

Sheldon Perhacs, Birmingham, Ala., for Franklin.

Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 1, 1986.

PER CURIAM:

Congress enacted the Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982 (the Act), Pub.L. No. 97-291, 96 Stat. 1248, "to strengthen existing legal protections for victims and witnesses of Federal crimes." S.Rep. No. 532, 97th Cong., 2d Sess. 9, reprinted in 1982 U.S.Code Cong. & Ad.News 2515, 2515. The Act amended Fed.R.Crim.P. 32(c)(2) to require that a "victim impact statement" be included...

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