United States Second Circuit

The text of, and legislative intent behind, 18 U.S.C. section 3583(h) permit judges to impose sentences that include renewed terms of supervised release without giving credit for previous terms, and the statute does not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2002
• Published 09/11/2002

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before F.I. PARKER, STRAUB, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anthony N. Iannarelli, Jr., New York, NY, for Appellant., Barry D. Leiwant, Attorney-in-Charge, Appeals Bureau, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae, The Legal Aid Society.


• For Appellees:
  
• James B. Comey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, (Marc A. Weinstein, John M. McEnany, Assistant United States Attorneys, of Counsel, on the brief) for Appellee.