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United States v. Sandra Rivera

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 29, 2015No. 14-40389PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

Sandra Rivera violated the conditions of her supervised release. The district court rejected the within-Guidelines recommendation of the magistrate judge and departed upward, imposing the five-year maximum revocation sentence. Rivera timely appealed her revocation sentence, arguing that the district court relied upon improper considerations when it imposed it. Because Rivera has not satisfied the fourth prong of the plain-error standard, we affirm.

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In 2001, Rivera pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and was sentenced to 121…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Puckett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  3. United States v. WhitelawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
  4. United States v. JohnCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
  5. United States v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011

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