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Every decision we've filed under Supervised Release.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Aaron Thompson's appeal of his 41-month sentence because his plea agreement contained a valid waiver barring substantive reasonableness challenges. The court held that Thompson knowingly and voluntarily entered the plea after the district court properly advised him of the waiver's scope.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Aaron Thompson's appeal of his 41-month sentence because his plea agreement contained a valid waiver of his right to appeal. The court held that Thompson knowingly and voluntarily waived his appellate rights, and none of the specific exceptions to that waiver applied to his case.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Aaron Thompson's appeal of his 41-month sentence because a valid waiver in his plea agreement barred the challenge. The court held that Thompson knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal substantive reasonableness, rendering the appeal unenforceable.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Aaron Thompson's appeal of his 41-month sentence for mailing threatening communications, ruling that his plea agreement's waiver provision barred the challenge. The court held that because Thompson failed to demonstrate his sentence exceeded the guideline range, statutory maximum, or violated the Eighth Amendment, the specific exceptions allowing an appeal were not triggered.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the revocation of Preston Mills' supervised release but vacated his sentence as plainly unreasonable. The court held that the district court failed to address a non-frivolous mitigation argument regarding the extended time Mills spent under supervision.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the revocation of Thompson Mandrell's supervised release, ruling that clear and convincing evidence supported the finding that he violated a condition requiring compliance with halfway house policies. The court held that a probation officer's testimony regarding monitoring software was sufficient to prove Mandrell possessed sexually explicit images, rejecting arguments about evidentiary gaps.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Wilfredo Moreno Ferrer's appeal as moot because he completed his term of imprisonment. The court held that without a live sentence to reduce, there is no continuing injury to support Article III jurisdiction.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of Matthew Sheehan's motion to suppress evidence, ruling that police possessed reasonable suspicion to stop his vehicle based on corroborated informant tips and cell-site data. The court held that the totality of the circumstances supported the inference that Sheehan was engaged in an ongoing drug trafficking operation.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed Douglas Wilmurth's federal conviction and sentence, rejecting his claim that the district court plainly erred in ordering his term consecutive to undischarged state imprisonment. The court further held that the written judgment's search condition for supervised release was substantially identical to the oral pronouncement, leaving no discrepancy to correct.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Willie Junior Lilly's conviction and sentence, holding that his Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is foreclosed by binding circuit precedent. The court further rejected his sentencing argument, ruling that the district court correctly applied the Sentencing Guidelines to count his prior drug convictions.