Legal Opinion
United States v. Earl Dejon Leonard
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2007No. 06-30127PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge.
This case primarily presents the question of whether, following violation by a defendant of conditions of supervised release, a district court may impose a sentence above the advisory range set forth in the Sentencing Guidelines, without giving advance notice of the possibility of a sentence outside the Guidelines range. We conclude that such advance notice is not required and affirm the sentence imposed in this case.
I. Background
Defendant Earl Dejon Leonard was convicted in 1998 of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(c).…
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