Legal Opinion

United States v. Sylvester Dwayne Byrd

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 25, 1988No. 87-5555PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAROLYN DINEEN KING, Circuit Judge:

Sylvester Dwayne Byrd appeals from an Amended Judgment and Probation/Com-mittment Order entered by the district court. In particular, Byrd challenges the district court’s imposition of a six-year term of supervised release to follow the term of imprisonment. As we find that the district court erred in imposing a term of supervised release, we vacate the term of supervised release and remand to the district court for resentencing.

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On March 18, 1987, a federal grand jury, in a single count indictment, charged Sylvester Dwayne Byrd (“Byrd”) with “unlawfully,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bozza v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. United States v. Terry Wayne Denson, Stephen Orlando and Joseph James Janish, in Re United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  3. Thomas Llerena v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Gozlon-Peretz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. United States v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
  3. United States v. Conrad Whitehead, Ii, United States of America v. Hector QuesadaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
  4. United States v. Sam Paiz, Douglas Rector, Dick Selby, Leann Cooper, Joe Rector, Barbara Allen, and Tim RectorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  5. United States v. Javier Robles-PantojaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989

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