United States v. Troy Lee Brooks

CAMPOS, District Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether the court, imposing sentence upon the revocation of supervised release, improperly failed to consider or apply policy statements promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission and set forth in Chapter 7 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”). We adhere to our earlier holding that the policy statements of the U.S.S.G. must be considered by the sentencing court but are advisory in nature. The sentence imposed by the district court will be affirmed.

Defendant, Troy Lee Brooks, pleaded guilty to violating…