United States Fourth Circuit

District court's judgment revoking defendant's supervised release and sentencing him to 18 months' imprisonment is vacated and remanded as the district court's failure to explain its chosen sentence was plainly unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2009
• Decided 02/23/2010
• Published 02/23/2010

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Jonathan D. Byrne, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Monica Kaminski Schwartz, Office of the United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:Mary Lou Newberger, Federal Public Defender, Lex A. Coleman, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Charles T. Miller, United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.