United States v. Napper, No. 18-10442 (5th Cir. 2020)
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The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's 37 month sentence imposed following the revocation of his second term of supervised release. The court held that defendant's sentence did not violate the terms of his plea agreement where the plea agreement did not include any agreement regarding the prison term that could be imposed upon revocation of a second term of supervised release.
The court also held that defendant's sentence was not substantively unreasonable where the district court properly considered the sentencing factors of deterrence and protection of the public, and the sentence was imposed to punish defendant's breach of trust for violating his conditions of supervised release, which was separate and distinct from the sentence imposed for his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The court further held that defendant's sentence was not procedurally unreasonable where the district court's statement of reasons, although brief, was legally sufficient. Finally, the court rejected defendant's challenges to the timing of his revocation hearing.
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