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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 12-18","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 12-18"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 22-32","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 22-32"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 6-36","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 6-36"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 8-16","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 8-16"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 34-42","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 34-42"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 28-34","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 28-34"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 52-8","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 52-8"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 28-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 28-30"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 14-40","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 14-40"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 38-50","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 38-50"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 10-14","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 10-14"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 20-24","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 20-24"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 42-50","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 42-50"}]}],"slug":"2016-15-7250-manrique-v-united-states","term":"2016","title":"Can a defendant appeal a criminal sentence before the restitution amount is fixed?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 27, lines 36-8","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 27, lines 36-8"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 18-32","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-7250_3eah.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 18-32"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}