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Every decision we've filed under Supervised Release.
The Eighth Circuit dismissed an appeal by a defendant convicted of a child pornography offense based on a valid plea agreement waiver. The court found no non-frivolous issues outside the scope of the waiver after an independent review of the record.
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.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a criminal sentence despite finding the government breached a plea agreement. The court held that the breach did not affect the outcome because the district court provided independent reasons for the upward variance.
The First Circuit vacated a drug trafficking sentence because the district court erred in defining the universe of participants for a mitigating role adjustment. The court affirmed the dangerous weapon enhancement and the denial of a duress departure but remanded for resentencing.
The First Circuit affirmed a 207-month prison sentence for a defendant convicted of multiple robberies and carjackings. The court held that the district court did not plainly err in imposing an upward variance despite the vacatur of one predicate offense.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed two supervised release revocation sentences for a defendant convicted of possessing child pornography. The court held that reimprisonment for violating supervised release conditions is not capped by the statutory maximum of the underlying offense.
The Fifth Circuit dismissed an appeal challenging conditions of supervised release that were not orally pronounced at sentencing. The court held that the defendant's appeal waiver barred the argument because the conditions did not exceed the statutory maximum.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to revoke supervised release and impose a ten-month sentence. The court rejected the appellant's argument that the district court erred by considering his breach of trust during sentencing.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to revoke supervised release and impose consecutive sentences totaling forty-eight months. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion in the district court's weighing of sentencing factors or its choice to run the terms consecutively.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sixty-year sentence of Ricardo Delgado, a defendant convicted of participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine, fentanyl, and firearms.