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Sentencing – Conditions of Supervised Release

By: Derek Hawkins//November 7, 2016//

Sentencing – Conditions of Supervised Release

By: Derek Hawkins//November 7, 2016//

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. John Thomas

Case No.: 15-2509

Officials: POSNER, FLAUM, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing – Conditions of Supervised Release

The defendant pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, by submitting fraudulent invoices to an Illinois town (Riverdale), which reimbursed him for $374,000 claimed in the invoices but not owed him by the town. The district judge sentenced him to 60 months in prison to be followed by 36 months of supervised release. The appeal challenges the conditions of supervised release and not the prison sentence, but asks us to order a full resentencing of the defendant.

Reversed and remanded

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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