United States v. Goguen

ORDER ON MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT’S REQUEST TO APPLY THE PENALTY RANGES UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3583(k)

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

On July 14, 2011, a convicted sex offender pleaded guilty to failing to register in the state of Maine in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250. The term of supervised release for a violation of § 2250 is “any term of years not less than 5, or life.” 18 U.S.C. § 3583(k). In addition, a defendant convicted of violating § 2250 may be subject to a special penalty of “not less than 5 years” of imprisonment if he commits one of a number of…