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192409P.pdf 12/22/2020 United States v. Chase Zerba
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 19-2409
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
[PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Loken and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant's associate shot and killed a man
at a drug deal as the man was about to rob defendant; on the admitted
facts the shooting was relevant conduct for defendant and the dead man was
the victim of the conduct; thus, his family is entitled to restitution for
funeral expenses because the Victim and Witness Protection Act
specifically allows restitution to be ordered to the extent agreed upon in
a plea agreement, and defendant agreed in the plea to pay restitution for
relevant conduct victims.