United States v. David Sanchez, Jr.

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

*680 David Sanchez, Jr., was serving a term of federal supervised release when he killed someone with a knife. Texas prosecutors dismissed the murder charge, concluding that Sanchez had acted in justifiable self-defense. But Sanchez's conduct still undisputedly violated the condition of supervised release prohibiting him from possessing a deadly weapon. So the district court convened a hearing to assess whether his term of supervised release should be revoked and a revocation sentence imposed. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583 (e)(3).

After taking evidence, the district…