No. 21-6710

Prince Charles Nana Yaw Owusu Boateng v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: conspiracy count-of-conviction court-of-appeals criminal-restitution loss-calculation mandatory-victims-restitution-act pattern-of-criminal-activity restitution scheme sentencing
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Latest Conference: 2022-01-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court can impose restitution beyond the loss resulting from the conduct related to the count of conviction under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act when the offense does not involve a scheme, conspiracy, or pattern of criminal activity

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, when an offense does not involve as an element a scheme, conspiracy, or pattern of criminal activity, can a court look to the parties’ mutual understanding of an underlying scheme to impose restitution beyond the loss resulting from the conduct related to the count of conviction? No. — In the Supreme Court of the United States PRINCE CHARLES NANA YAW OWUSU BOATENG, Petitioner, Vv. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Petitioner, Prince Charles Nana Yaw Owusu Boateng asks that a writ of certiorari issue to review the opinion and judgment entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on August 27, 2021.

Docket Entries

2022-01-24
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
2022-01-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2022)

Attorneys

Prince Charles Nana Yaw Owusu Boateng
Kristin Michelle KimmelmanFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent