This appeal poses the question whether a state court can order the defendant in a criminal case to pay restitution to a victim whose civil claim against the defendant for the damage covered by the restitution order has been discharged in bankruptcy. We conclude that it can.
As we shall explain, the Bankruptcy Code is not intended to limit the rehabilitative...
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