Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//August 29, 2017//

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7^th 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

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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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