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Every decision we've filed under Supervised Release.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction of a defendant charged with possessing an unregistered silencer. The court held that while silencers are protected arms under the Second Amendment, the defendant failed to show the National Firearms Act was applied abusively.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a restitution award for a child pornography victim while correcting a clerical error that understated the total amount. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in relying on a counselor's cost estimates despite minor arithmetic mistakes in the supporting chart.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the sentence of a defendant convicted of wire and bank fraud involving false Paycheck Protection Program loan applications. The court held that the district court properly included intended loss in its calculation under the relevant conduct guideline.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court's imposition of a special condition prohibiting a defendant convicted of child pornography offenses from having contact with animals inside her home. The court held that the condition was reasonably related to the defendant's offense conduct and did not constitute an abuse of discretion.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part and dismissed in part the sentence imposed on Michael Windom for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that Windom's appeal waiver barred his challenge to the procedural reasonableness of his sentence, while finding no material discrepancy between his oral and written supervised release conditions.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the revocation of Andre Demarcus Rubell's supervised release and his subsequent sentence. The court held that Rubell's constitutional challenge to the statute was foreclosed by binding precedent.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment revoking supervised release and imposing a nine-month prison sentence. The court found no reversible error in the revocation proceedings or the reasonableness of the sentence despite the appellant's arguments regarding procedural and substantive grounds.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's upward variance in a supervised release revocation sentence. The court held that the district court did not plainly err by relying on unobjected-to facts in the violation report and the probation officer's testimony.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a conviction for attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The court held that the district court properly applied a terrorism sentencing enhancement based on the defendant's specific intent to support armed conflict.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's revocation of supervised release for a defendant convicted of possessing child pornography. The court held that reimprisonment following a supervised release violation is not capped by the statutory maximum of the underlying offense.