United States v. Sanchez, No. 17-41233 (5th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's imposition of an above-Guidelines revocation sentence of 32 months' imprisonment for defendant. In this case, while serving a term of federal supervised release, defendant killed someone with a knife. The court affirmed the district court's judgment, holding that the district court did not sentence defendant for retributive purposes. Rather, the district court's entire focus at the revocation hearing was relitigating the dismissed murder case so it could make its own determination whether defendant acted justifiably. The court also held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing defendant where it considered the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors, and concluded that defendant's conduct created a significant risk of harm to the public and to deter defendant's future criminal conduct.
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