United States v. David W. Trenter

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to decide whether a district court possesses the authority under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) to reinstate a term of supervised release after a defendant has violated the conditions of that release. We hold that it does.

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In 1993, David Trenter was convicted of aiding and abetting armed bank robbery and sentenced to sixty-three months imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. His period of supervised release began on June 26, 1997. Less than two months later, on August 13, 1997, Trenter fled the state of Washington, thereby violating…