U.S. v. EDWARDS

No. 98-1055.

162 F.3d 87 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America v. Robert Allen EDWARDS a/k/a Fidel Salim a/k/a James F. Winter, III a/k/a Charles King a/k/a Donald W. Coleman, Robert Allen Edwards, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Feldman (Argued), Of Counsel, Feldman and Feldman, Roslyn, N.Y., for Appellant.

Michael R. Stiles, United States Attorney, Walter S. Batty, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief of Appeals, Joseph Dominguez (Argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.

Before: McKEE and RENDELL, Circuit Judges, DEBEVOISE, District Judge.


Argued Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) October 8, 1998.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the Victim and Witness Protection Act ("VWPA") or the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act ("MVRA") applies to the imposition of restitution in sentencing a defendant who committed his offenses prior to the effective date of the statute but is convicted on or after its effective date. The District Court...

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