Saturday, September 29, 2012

Colorado Court of Appeals People v. Juanda 11CA1226

Decision here.

   Juanda sold drugs to a DEA agent on multiple occasions, and was charged into the state courts.  After his conviction, he was ordered to pay $11k restitution to the DEA for "buy money" that the agents had not recovered at the time of the sales.  Juanda appealed the restitution order, arguing that the DEA wasn't a victim and therefore couldn't receive restitution.

   The Court of Appeals agreed with the district court that the restitution statute authorizes this sort of order, and affirmed the order.

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