Opinion ID: 2619
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Heading: The Verdict and the Sentence

Text: The jury found Douglas guilty on both counts of the superseding indictment, i.e., attempted entry of a bank facility with intent to commit a felony therein, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and killing a person in connection with that attempt, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and (e). On Douglas's motion, consented to by the government, the district court essentially concluded that the offense of attempted entry of a bank with intent to commit a felony therein in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) is included within the § 2113(e) offense of causing the death of a person while committing that § 2113(a) offense, and it entered a judgment of conviction only on the latter count. As 18 U.S.C. § 2113(e) provides that any person who kills another in the course of violating § 2113(a) shall be punished by death or life imprisonment, and as the government had announced prior to trial that it would not seek the death penalty, the district court sentenced Douglas principally to life imprisonment. Douglas was sentenced on January 31, 2006. The court deferred decision on the matter of restitution, pending receipt of additional information. On May 3, 2006, no restitution order having yet been entered, Douglas wrote to the court, contending that such an order could no longer be entered against him because 18 U.S.C. § 3664(d)(5) provides that a restitution order may be entered up to 90 days after sentencing. Douglas argued that as he had been sentenced on January 31, 2006, the period within which a restitution order could be entered had ended on May 1, 2006. On May 5, 2006, the district court entered an order rejecting the untimeliness contention, finding that Douglas was not prejudiced by the delay from May 1 to May 5, and ordering him to pay Brink's and Moran's father restitution totaling $11,081.44. See Part II.E.2. below. An amended judgment, adding the restitution order, was entered, and this appeal followed.