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143570P.pdf 07/23/2015 United States v. Lamar Bertucci
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-3570
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Wollman and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. In a prosecution for killing a bald eagle and
a rough-legged hawk, the court erred in setting market values for the
birds as the valuations provided by the government's witness did not
constitute sufficiently reliable evidence to justify new and dramatically
increased eagle and hawk values; the sentencing record indicated that the
$6,500 "financial obligation" the court imposed was not a fine but
restitution, which the court lacked authority to order in the context of
the specific charges in the case; on remand the court may consider whether
to order restitution as a condition of defendant's supervised release; the
presentence report failed to establish a factual or evidentiary basis for
a special condition of supervision requiring defendant to undergo
anger-management counseling and the condition is vacated as it does not
address concerns of crime deterrence, public safety or defendant's
correctional needs.