Where a defendant challenged the sentence imposed upon the revocation of his supervised release, the sentence was not unreasonable, and the district court considered the relevant factors, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Whitsitt (MLW No. ...

Tagged with: Revocation sentencing Supervised Release

After committing several supervised release violations, the district court revoked defendant’s supervised release and sentenced him to eight months’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant challenged the substantive reasonableness of his sentence, contending that his violations were technical in nature and did ...

Tagged with: Revocation Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence Supervised-Release Violations

Where a defendant challenged the revocation of supervised release, the district court erred by denying him the right to confront key witnesses at his revocation hearing, so the judgment is reversed and remanded for further proceedings. Judgment is reversed and ...

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  Where a defendant in a wire-fraud case argued that the district court erred by delaying its decision to revoke his pro se status until the third day of trial, the court did not abuse its discretion because there was ...

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Where a defendant argued that the trial court erred in finding that he committed five separate violations of the terms of supervised release, the evidence supported the findings of violation, and the sentence was not substantively unreasonable. Judgment is affirmed. ...

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Where a defendant challenged the revocation of his supervised release, the district court imposed a substantively reasonable sentence, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Reeder (MLW No. 74212/Case No. 19-2436 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of ...

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Where a defendant challenged the revocation of his supervised release, the district court imposed a substantively reasonable sentence, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Simmons (MLW No. 74213/Case No. 19-2505 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of ...

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Where a defendant challenged the revocation of his conditional release, the evidence supported the determination that revocation and recommitment were warranted because the notice of violation included allegations that the defendant had robbed a bank, so the judgment is affirmed. ...

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Where a defendant challenged the revocation of his supervised release and sentencing, the district court did not abuse its discretion at sentencing because it properly considered the relevant factors and there was no indication that the court overlooked a factor ...

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Where a defendant challenged a 24-month sentence imposed upon the revocation of his supervised release and the imposition of special conditions, the appellate court declines to consider his arguments that the district court violated double jeopardy or that the district ...

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Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and distributing cocaine base and was sentenced to imprisonment followed by supervised release. Defendant subsequently violated the terms of his release by possessing marijuana and providing police with ...

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