Legal Opinion
United States v. Lifshitz
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 23, 2013No. Docket 11-2078-crPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
Brandon Michael Lifshitz appeals from the amended May 18, 2011 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Preska, C.J.) revoking his supervised release and sentencing him to a term' of 24 months’ imprisonment and 12 months’ supervised release. Lifshitz argues the district court committed error in his sentencing by im-permissibly basing the length of his sentence on his rehabilitative needs. We agree that when sentencing a defendant after revoking a term of supervised release, a district court may not sentence based on the defendant’s need for…
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