Legal Opinion
United States v. Tanco-Pizarro
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 13, 2018No. 15-2388PPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Rafael Tanco-Pizarro mounts a multi-dimensional challenge-on both procedural and substantive grounds-to the 60-month sentence he received following the revocation of his supervised release. After giving his arguments full and fair consideration, we affirm.
Revocation Primer
To help the reader better understand what happened below, we begin with some general observations about revocation sentencing.
By statute, a court may revoke a person's supervised release if it finds the government proved a release-condition violation by a preponderance of the evidence, see 18 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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