By: Derek Hawkins//August 29, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. James Herbert White
Case No.: 17-1517
Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Sentencing Guidelines
While on supervised release following his conviction for failing to register as a sex offender, James White pleaded guilty to new state charges of credit‐ card fraud and theft. The district court, in response, revoked White’s supervised release and ordered him reimprisoned for 20 months—less than what is recommended in the sentencing guidelines. White argues that this term of reimprisonment is plainly unreasonable because, he says, the prosecutor and probation officer made inaccurate statements during the revocation hearing. We acknowledge that the probation officer conducted himself inappropriately, but we are not persuaded that his misguided advocacy affected the out‐ come of the proceeding. White’s new prison term is reasonable, and we thus affirm the judgment.
Modified and Affirmed