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Criminal Law-Supervised Release-Revocation-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
Staff Report//June 4, 2026//
Criminal Law-Supervised Release-Revocation-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
Staff Report//June 4, 2026//
Defendant appealed the sentence imposed following the revocation of his supervised release in two convictions, challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence.
Where the district court properly evaluated the statutory sentencing factors, the court affirmed the judgment of sentence.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Cowan (MLW No. 84856/Case No. 25-3399 & 25-3402 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Rose, J.
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