United States v. Steele, No. 17-2622 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's three year sentence for violating his supervised release conditions. In this case, while defendant was on supervised release for a burglary covered by the Major Crimes Act, he had several encounters with police and eventually admitted to using marijuana. The court held that defendant's sentence did not exceed the statutory maximum because his original crime, burglary, was a Class B felony under 18 U.S.C. 3559(a)(2). The court also held that defendant's three year revocation sentence was within the statutory maximum provided by 18 U.S.C. 3583(e)(3).
Court Description: Stras, Author, with Benton and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court correctly determined that Steele's underlying Major Crimes Act conviction for burglary was a Class B felony under 18 U.S.C.Sec. 3559(a)(2), and his three-year revocation sentence was within the statutory maximum provided by 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3583(e)(3).
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