Legal Opinion
United States v. Jimmy Dale Lee
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1992No. 91-6079PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether the policy statements of Chapter 7 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G.) regarding supervised release are mandatory and binding or whether they are advisory statements that the court is required merely to consider at the time of sentencing. We hold that the policy statements of the U.S.S.G. must be considered by the sentencing court but that they are advisory in nature. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court. 1
Defendant Jimmy Dale Lee was originally sentenced in August 1988, after conviction…
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