United States v. Woods

ORDER

Two years into a five-year term of supervised release, Steven Woods was convicted of new drug offenses, which violated the conditions of his supervised release. Accordingly, the district court revoked his release and imposed another 60 months’ imprisonment. The sole issue on appeal is whether this term of reimprisonment exceeded the statutory maximum sentence. We conclude that it does not and affirm.

In 1992 Woods pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Although that offense normally carries a maximum of ten years’ imprisonment under 18…