(DOWNLOAD) "United States v. Dawson" by Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States v. Dawson
- Author : Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 04, 2001
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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Argued April 6, 2001 Carmella Dawson exploited her position as a billing clerk at a Chicago hospital in order to defraud the institution of over $175,000. After a grand jury indicted Dawson on six counts of mail fraud, she entered into a plea agreement with the government. Pursuant to that agreement, Dawson pled guilty to one count of the indictment and acknowledged that she owed the hospital $175,089 in restitution. On October 23, 2000, the district court sentenced Dawson to 18 months imprisonment, and ordered her to pay the previously agreed upon amount in restitution. Dawson now appeals her sentence, arguing that her restitution judgment should be vacated, and the cause remanded, so that the district court can offset the amount she owes by any payments that may have been made by her co-schemers. Furthermore, Dawson contends that the application of the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (""MVRA"") to her crime violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the decision of the district court. I. BACKGROUND
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