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Every decision we've filed under Supervised Release.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's revocation of supervised release and imposition of a twenty-four-month prison sentence. The panel found the within-Guidelines-range sentence was not unreasonable and granted counsel leave to withdraw.
The Tenth Circuit vacated a special condition of supervised release prohibiting a defendant from viewing adult pornography. The court found the restriction lacked a rational basis in the evidence and was not reasonably necessary to protect the public.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court order denying a defendant's motion for a sentence reduction. The court found no error in the lower court's application of the Sentencing Guidelines and its consideration of statutory factors.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to revoke supervised release and impose a nine-month prison term after a defendant traveled to an unauthorized district. The court held that the district court acted within its broad discretion in weighing statutory factors to determine the sentence was substantively reasonable.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a federal prisoner's motion to vacate his conviction. The court held that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise specific fraud precedents that were either inapplicable or abrogated by later Supreme Court rulings.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Freddie Sanchez for drug trafficking. The court rejected Sanchez's challenges regarding evidence admission, counsel appointment, sufficiency of evidence, and sentencing reasonableness.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a defendant convicted of drug trafficking and violating supervised release. The court rejected challenges regarding evidence admission, counsel appointment, sufficiency of evidence, and sentencing reasonableness.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the revocation of Stephen Vosilla's supervised release following violations of his release conditions. The court found sufficient evidence that Vosilla failed to register email addresses and possessed internet-capable gaming consoles without approval.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to revoke supervised release and impose a thirty-three-month sentence. The appellate court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by weighing the seriousness of the defendant's violations over his mitigating factors.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by James Edward Storholm challenging a supervised release condition. The court ruled the case moot because Storholm had already completed his prison sentence by the time of oral argument.