96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2539, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4192, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4329 United States of America v. Andre M. Reed

80 F.3d 1419 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2539 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4192, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4329 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andre M. REED, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-10118. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 4, 1995. Decided April 11, 1996. Joyce L. Boudreaux, argued, Larry Kupers, briefed, Assistant Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellant. Martha Boersch, Assistant United States Attorney, Oakland, California, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Charles A. Legge, District Judge, Presiding. No. CR-94-00215-CAL. Before GOODWIN and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge. * REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 This case presents the question of whether a judge may order restitution under the Victim Witness Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3663-64 , for conduct that is not an element of the offense of conviction. We hold that he may not, with one exception that is not applicable in this case. 1 Accordingly, we vacate the restitution order. On a wholly separate issue, we affirm the district court's…