Legal Opinion
United States v. Donte Island
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 26, 2019No. 17-3826PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtScirica, Circuit Judge
In this appeal, we determine whether a defendant can count toward the service of his supervised release term a period of time he is fugitive, that is, absent from the court's supervision. The statutory provisions governing supervised release do not contain plain language-or indeed any language-that expressly resolves that question. But, as the majority of Courts of Appeals to address the question have concluded, a defendant does not in fact serve his supervised release term while he deliberately absconds from the court's supervision. Accordingly, a defendant's supervised release term tolls…
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