Legal Opinion

United States v. Hernandez-Ferrer

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 19, 2010No. 09-1100PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal poses a question of first impression in this circuit: Does a district court have authority to revoke a term of supervised release based on conduct occurring after the scheduled expiration date of the term, where the offender has absconded prior to the expiration date and is not apprehended until some time after committing the alleged violation? Concluding, as we do, that there can be no tolling of the period of supervised release on the basis of fugitive status, we answer this question in the negative. Consequently, we vacate the judgment below and, in the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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  4. Trenkler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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