Legal Opinion

United States v. Richard Parrish

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 12, 2019No. 18-1178PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LARSEN, Circuit Judge.

Richard Parrish had a cellphone in prison. After a woman outside the prison informed prison officials that he had been texting her, Parrish was charged with misdemeanor possession of contraband and pleaded guilty. The district court sentenced Parrish to five months in prison to run consecutively to his 250-month prison sentence for controlled substance distribution.

*1046On appeal, Parrish challenges the reasonableness of his sentence. We AFFIRM.

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On June 25, 2017, a woman outside the prison left an anonymous tip with a corrections officer, saying that Parrish, a federal…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. VonnerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
  3. United States v. Henry A. BosticCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
  4. United States v. Tony RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
  5. United States v. Khalil Abu RayyanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018

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3Cited by74 opinions

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