United States v. Alvarado, No. 11-40771 (5th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant Adrian Alvarado appealed his 170-month prison sentence and life term of supervised relief following a guilty plea to the receipt of child pornography. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part, holding (1) the portion of the district court's order regarding Defendant's prison term was not in error, as it was both procedurally and substantively reasonable; but (2) the sentencing judge plainly erred by automatically imposing a lifetime term of supervised release without engaging in any analysis of the circumstances surrounding Defendant's crime, an error that affected Defendant's substantial rights.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on September 7, 2012.
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