Reynaldo Sosa-Valdespino v. United States

Petitioner, Reynaldo Sosa-Valdespino, was convicted of possession of cocaine on board a vessel of the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955a(a) — an offense committed on April 6, 1987. He appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the imposition of a five year term of supervised release as part of his sentence. We affirm, holding that terms of supervised release may be imposed for drug offenses committed between October 27, 1986, and November 1, 1987.

I.FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In April 1987, Sosa was indicted along with seven codefendants for…