United States v. Picard, No. 19-1855 (1st Cir. 2021)
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The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court revoking Defendant's supervised release on the underlying conviction of failing to register as a sex offender, in violation of federal law, holding that Defendant's challenges on appeal were unavailing.
In revoking Defendant's supervised release, the district court found that Defendant, upon his release from prison, once again failed to register as a sex offender, thus violating the conditions of his release, as well as state and federal law. On appeal, Defendant argued that the district court abused its discretion by not excusing his failure to register and that his sentence was unreasonable. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that Defendant violated the terms of his supervised release; and (2) Defendant's sentence was procedurally and substantively reasonable.
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