Legal Opinion

United States v. Butler-Acevedo

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 31, 2011No. 09-2623, 09-2624PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Jessie Butler-Acevedo (“Butler”) appeals from two concurrent five-year sentences following the revocation of supervised release, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e). Butler argues that the district court committed procedural error in imposing the statutory maximum sentences available. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

I. Background

Butler pleaded guilty in 2000 to two drug-related conspiracies. At the sentencing following the guilty plea, the district court imposed two concurrent ten-year sentences with subsequent five-year terms of supervised release, also to be…

2Cases cited5 opinions

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