Legal Opinion
United States v. Jesus Garza
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2013No. 11-10543PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRISCILLA R. OWEN, Circuit Judge:
Jesus Javier Garza violated the conditions of his supervised release and was sentenced to twenty-four months of imprisonment to be followed by twenty-four months of supervised release. On appeal, Garza argues that the district court improperly considered his rehabilitative needs in determining the length of his prison sentence in violation of Tapia v. United States,1 which held that “a court *657may not impose or lengthen a prison sentence to enable an offender to complete a treatment program or otherwise to promote rehabilitation.”2 We vacate and remand for…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Puckett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Tapia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- United States v. WhitelawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. Jose Escalante-ReyesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
- United States v. BroussardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
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3Cited by25 opinions
- United States v. Walter Henry Vandergrift, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- United States v. Del Valle-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014
- United States v. Todd JonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
- United States v. Sandra RiveraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
- United States v. David Sanchez, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
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