Legal Opinion
United States v. Baird
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 5, 2008No. 07-50043PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
As the government acknowledged in its 28(j) letter, United States v. Cope, 506 F.3d 908, 914-15 (9th Cir.2007), directs the conclusion that Baird did not waive his right to challenge the length of his term of supervised release.
On the merits, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing a life term of supervised release, for three reasons. First, Baird is a recidivist. The district court reasonably concluded that a life term of supervised release was necessary to forestall the possibility that Baird would offend again. Second, the Guidelines…
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