Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Hernandez GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1997No. 95-50607PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
In this case we must resolve an apparent tension among a Sentencing Guideline provision and two criminal statutes. One statute establishes a minimum period of supervised release that is identical to the maximum term of supervised release set by the other statute. We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a), and we affirm the sentence imposed.
FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
On November 21, 1990, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Jose Hernandez Garcia (“Garcia”) with violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) 1 by possessing with intent to distribute a…
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