UNITED STATES v. HERNANDEZ

Nos. 21-1481 & 21-1935.

44 F.4th 1053 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Buster HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tiffany Preston , Bob Wood , Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Daniel J. Hillis , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Thomas W. Patton , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Rovner, Kirsch, and Jackson-Akiwumi, Circuit Judges.


Buster Hernandez was sentenced to 75 years' imprisonment after pleading guilty to a yearslong sextortion scheme involving hundreds of victims, many of them minors. One aspect of his sentence was mandatory restitution, which the district court ordered in the amount of $10,000 for each of eleven minor victims—eight accounted...

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