U.S. v. Robertson

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 10-3543
Decision Date: 
August 15, 2011
Federal District: 
S.D. Ill.
Holding: 
Vacated and remanded
Dist. Ct. erred in sentencing defendant to 34-month term of incarceration when revoking defendant's supervised release on drug conviction where revocation was based on incident in which defendant was growing 52 marijuana plants. Recommended guideline for revocation of supervised release was 12 to 18 months, and Dist. Ct. failed to articulate any rationale for imposing above-guideline sentence.