A judge validly ordered a violent gang member to reimburse the family he scared away when he threatened to raze a house the family had just rented in Baltimore as it was moving in, Maryland’s second-highest court ruled Tuesday. The ...

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A nursing home that was not paid because its client’s fiduciary was embezzling funds is not a victim of the embezzlement for restitution purposes, Maryland’s intermediate appellate court has held in vacating a lower-court order. Penny McCrimmon pleaded guilty to ...

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In a defeat for crime victims, Maryland’s top court has ruled they have 30 days after a final sentencing order to appeal for restitution and the clock does not restart when a victim requests that the trial judge reconsider the sentence and add the compensation.

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What one man's indecent exposure conviction has to do with one woman's colonoscopy.

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Appellant’s contention is that theft by possession of stolen goods is not a direct result of a victim’s loss, thus restitution is improper. We agree.

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Appellant contends that none of the tolls or other expenses that were used to calculate the restitution order were direct results of the crime for which he was convicted—unauthorized use— as it was complete when he drove away from the hotel.

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In a juvenile case, the reviewing judge revoked a restitution order against Tariq and imposed the obligation on his mother. One year later, at another regular review hearing, the original judge re-instated it

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Michael suggests that his testimony and the information proffered by his attorney indicating that he had been unable to hold down a steady job and make the restitution payments was sufficient to “raise the issue of his inability to pay.” Beyond the verbal assertions of Michael and his attorney, however, there was no evidence or arguments in the record recounting Michael’s efforts to get a job.

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A federal appeals court upheld the conviction and 18-month prison sentence of a former Baltimore police officer for his role in a towing company extortion scheme, but reversed an order that he pay restitution to an insurance company because he had never been charged with insurance fraud.

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tried to figure out during oral arguments Tuesday in Robers v. U.S., No. 12-9012, just how much restitution was owed to a victim of bank fraud under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act.

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