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043146P.pdf 08/24/2005 United States v. Shaun Joseph Ruff
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 04-3146
Northern District of Iowa
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Chief Judge Loken and Smith,
Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - restitution. District court's denial of request to offset the
value of the forfeited cash and forfeited automobile against the restitution
order is reversed. Law enforcement is barred from double recovery of
amount in excess of amount expended on controlled buys from amount
recovered in forfeiture. Case is remanded to district court for defendant
to establish whether law enforcement agency received forfeited funds in
excess of restitution award. Judge Loken concurs.