United States v. Cornell White Face

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants violated the conditions of their supervised release and each was sentenced after revocation to a longer period than recommended in Chapter 7 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual. They appeal and seek resentencing, contending that the district courts departed from the guidelines without notice and written statement of reasons. We affirm.

In 1990 the Sentencing Commission adopted policy statements in Chapter 7 which suggest penalties for violations of supervised release. See United States Sentencing Guidelines [U.S.S.G.] ch. 7, pt. B, introductory…