Legal Opinion

United States v. Bennie Lee

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 20, 1996No. 95-2924PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 abolished parole in the federal system and replaced it with a different creature: supervised release. Supervised release is a new type of sentence added to the sentence imposed for the underlying crime of conviction. Today, supervised release is one of the least understood parts of the federal sentencing guideline system. It is also causing headaches for federal district court judges.

According to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 5,011 offenders were on supervised release at the end of June of 1990, a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. McNary v. Haitian Refugee Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. United States v. Wiley Hill, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. William McGeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  5. United States v. Larry A. HensleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States v. Clarence TrotterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
  2. United States v. Donald E. McClanahanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
  3. United States v. Jeffrey B. MarvinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
  4. United States v. Michael A. HaleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  5. United States v. Christopher BissonetteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002

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