United States v. Esteras, No. 23-3422 (6th Cir. 2023)
Annotate this Case
This case concerns an appeal by Edgardo Esteras against the district court’s decision to revoke his supervised release and sentence him to 24 months in prison. Esteras had pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, violating the conditions of his supervised release by committing domestic violence and possessing a firearm.
Esteras argued that the district court relied on prohibited factors in sentencing him. He claimed that the court should not have considered three subfactors identified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(A) when crafting his sentence: “to reflect the seriousness of the offense, to promote respect for the law, and provide just punishment for the offense.”
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected his argument, citing the precedent set in United States v. Lewis. The court stated that a district court judge who considers the mentioned factors does not necessarily impose a procedurally unreasonable sentence. The court also noted that the judge could not ignore respect for the law but consider a defendant’s need to respect the terms of supervised release. The court affirmed the district court’s revocation order.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on March 7, 2024.
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.