Sentencing – Supervised Release

By: Derek Hawkins//August 27, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Kash Deshawn Lee

Case No.: 17-2537

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing – Supervised Release

Kash Lee appeals the sentence he received when his supervised release was revoked. He faults the district court for not addressing what he now characterizes as his principal argument in mitigation: that a longer sentence would unjustifiably subject him to harsher treatment than similarly situated defendants. But Lee did not make this argument in the district court, so the district court had no obligation to address it. Lee also complains that the district court failed to fill out a form stating the reasons for his sentence. It is not clear that a district court has an obligation to fill out such a form when revoking supervised release. Even if it does, however, Lee suffered no prejudice from the district court’s failure to complete this administrative task.

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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