Where a defendant challenged his sentence imposed upon the revocation of supervised release, the district court properly considered the defendant’s history and characteristics, and the court properly exercised its discretion in weighing the sentencing factors, so the judgment is affirmed. ...

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Where a defendant challenged a sentence imposed upon the revocation of supervised release, the district court did not abuse its discretion by imposing the sentence to run consecutively to his state court sentences. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Short (MLW ...

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Where a defendant challenged the imposition of a requirement that he temporarily reside at a residential reentry center as a special condition of supervised release, the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing the condition, so the judgment ...

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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. ...

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Where a defendant challenged the sentence imposed upon the revocation of his supervised release, the district court did not impose an unreasonable sentence, and the court properly considered the relevant factors, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. ...

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Where a defendant appealed after the district court revoked his supervised release and sentenced him to prison and an additional term of supervised release, the additional term of supervised release did not exceed the statutory maximum, which is life, and ...

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Where a defendant argued that the district court erred by imposing a supervised release term not offset by time spent in prison above his 63-month sentence, prior case law forecloses the argument that his supervised release period should be offset ...

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Where a defendant in a drug-possession case challenged the revocation of his supervised release, the district court had sufficient evidence to find that the defendant committed the violation, and even if the defendant’s due process rights were violated, he did ...

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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 ...

Tagged with: Revocation Right To Confrontation Supervised Release

Where a defendant claimed that the district court erred in revoking his supervised release, the district court did not abuse its discretion in revoking the supervised release based on Grade C violations, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. ...

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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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