Court Opinion

ID: 9492717
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 14:48:40.140955+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:55:27.422621
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LOKEN, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. In my view, a plea agreement undertaking “to pay any restitution ordered by the District Court” is not a knowing waiver of the right to appeal an unlmvful restitution order. In this case, rejecting the government’s argument at sentencing for a lesser amount, the district court ordered Tynae Lester to pay restitution for losses caused by his conspirators before he joined the conspiracy. That order is contrary to our decision in United States v. Cain, 128 F.3d 1249, 1253 (8th Cir.1997). Accordingly, I would remand for resentencing in accordance with Cain.