Court Opinion

ID: 9479458
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 07:19:17.035259+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:47:03.572412
License: Public Domain

WALLACE, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the result and join parts I and II.1. through II.3.a. I decline to join part II.3.b. because it is not needed for disposing of the issues presented to us.
Having concluded that the district court’s restitution condition was improper, this court should simply remand for resentenc-ing. Instead, the majority poses and then answers four hypothetical legal questions which the district court might never face in resentencing Jenkins. See Maj. Op. at 439. On remand, the district court might decide to impose a nonmonetary condition of probation on Count II. It might impose a new order of restitution, but the defendant might not appeal. In either case, the majority’s discussion of available options would be superfluous. In addition, I suggest that ordinarily the district judge on remand, who is more fully advised by specific arguments of counsel, is better situated to make an informed determination than is an appellate court answering its own hypothetical questions.