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Restitution

By: Derek Hawkins//October 13, 2021//

Restitution

By: Derek Hawkins//October 13, 2021//

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Dameion Wyatt

Case No.: 20-2382

Officials: SYKES, Chief Judge, and SCUDDER and KIRSCH, Circuit Judges.

Focus:  Restitution

Dameion Wyatt victimized six females, each of whom acted as prostitutes under Wyatt’s abusive supervision over varying periods from September 2011 through May 2014. He pleaded guilty to one count of inter‐state sex trafficking and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. Wyatt’s conviction triggered certain mandatory restitution statutes, and the district court took the restitution issue under advisement at sentencing. Following negotiations between the parties, written objections, oral argument, and supplemental briefing, the district court entered a carefully reasoned order requiring Wyatt to pay restitution to three victims of his trafficking: $12,750 to Adult Victim 1 (“AV‐1”), $45,200 to Adult Victim 3 (“AV‐3”), and $37,125 to Adult Victim 5 (“AV‐5”), totaling $95,075.

Wyatt now appeals the restitution order, arguing that the district court improperly delayed the restitution determination, did not rely on a statutorily required “complete accounting” of the victims’ losses (and otherwise erred by relying on improper evidence and, as a result, ordered too much restitution), deprived him of counsel during the restitution process, and improperly ordered restitution outside of his presence. We find no reversible error in the restitution proceedings or in the district court’s calculation of the proper amount of restitution, and thus affirm.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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