Legal Opinion

United States v. Tsosie

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided August 2, 2004No. 03-2209PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Vernon Tsosie challenges the district court’s decision to revoke his term of supervised release and require him instead to serve eighteen months in prison for the remainder of an enlarged supervised release term. He claims the district court erroneously based the length of his prison sentence solely on his need for rehabilitation and that the sentence was neither reasoned nor reasonable. We exercise jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

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Mr. Tsosie had been drinking on the morning of December 16, 1998, when he stabbed two men at a party on the Fort Hall Indian…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. TRW Inc. v. AndrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. United States v. Cynthia Yvette AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  3. United States v. Jimmy Dale LeeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. TisdaleCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
  5. United States v. Thomas Gerald HeadrickCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by46 opinions

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  5. United States v. Christopher Devon CrudupCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006

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