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Every decision we've filed under Supervised Release.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal by a defendant challenging his firearm possession sentence. The court held that the defendant's valid appeal waiver in his plea agreement barred his claims of procedural and substantive unreasonableness.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a supervised release condition requiring mental health treatment. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in relying on the defendant's self-reported anxiety and depression.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a federal carjacking sentence of ninety-five months. The court held the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing an upward variance from the advisory guidelines.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a 24-month federal sentence for illegal reentry ordered to run consecutively to an undischarged state sentence for child sex abuse. The court held that the district court properly weighed the need to punish unrelated conduct and did not abuse its discretion in rejecting the defendant's arguments for a concurrent sentence.
The First Circuit affirmed a defendant's supervised release revocation sentence but vacated his new firearm conviction sentence due to a legally invalid sentencing rationale. The court ordered a resentencing before a different judge because the district court relied on non-record facts regarding ammunition type.
The First Circuit vacated a defendant's sentence for firearm possession because the district court relied on a legally invalid rationale regarding the amount and type of ammunition. The court affirmed the defendant's supervised release revocation sentence because the defendant failed to properly preserve his legal challenges on appeal.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a 240-month statutory maximum sentence for child pornography possession, rejecting claims that the district court unreasonably weighed the defendant's prior sexual assault conviction. The court held that the district court properly considered the defendant's lack of remorse and the need to protect the public under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Tyrone Hinton's sentence, ruling that the district court did not abuse its discretion by failing to explicitly address every nonfrivolous argument against the career offender Guidelines range. The appellate court held that the judge's explanation was sufficient to demonstrate a reasoned basis for the sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).
The Fourth Circuit vacated Joseph David Sirak's sentence because the written judgment contained a warrantless search condition that was materially broader than the condition announced orally at sentencing. This discrepancy violated the rule established in United States v. Rogers, requiring the case to be remanded for resentencing to align the final order with the court's oral pronouncement.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a drug trafficking conviction after finding no abuse of discretion in the district court's denial of a new trial motion. The court held that a juror's dishonesty during voir dire regarding a prior federal investigation did not violate the defendant's right to an impartial jury.