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United States v. Calvin Windless

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 12, 2013No. 12-60370PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

A federal district court may not rely on “bare arrest records” when sentencing a defendant. The district court believed that it could rely on those records when crafting conditions of supervised release. We disagree.

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The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) established “a comprehensive national system for the registration of [sex] offenders.” 1 SORNA requires each state to maintain a statewide sex-offender registry. 2 It also compels each sex offender to register with each state in which he works or resides. 3 A person who fails to…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Pepper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. United States v. Delgado-MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. Nicholas HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. United States v. Michael FieldsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
  2. United States v. Ruben PrietoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
  3. United States v. Elliott DukeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
  4. United States v. Chanda HuorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017
  5. United States v. Fernando FernandezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015

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