U.S. v. Thompson
Decision Date | 05 November 1992 |
Docket Number | No. 91-1012,91-1012 |
Citation | 976 F.2d 1380 |
Parties | UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvis Tyrone THOMPSON, a/k/a Michael A. Blair, Defendant-Appellant. Non-Argument Calendar. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit |
Arthur J. Madden, III, Madden & Soto, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellant.
Donna E. Barrow, Ginny S. Granade, U.S. Attorney's Office, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.
This appeal presents the question of the weight a district judge must give to the United States Sentencing Commission's policy statements relating to the revocation of supervised release. Specifically, do these policy statements constitute binding authority or are they merely advisory? Following the lead of the Third, Fifth, and Sixth Circuits, see United States v. Blackston, 940 F.2d 877, 893 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 112 S.Ct. 611, 116 L.Ed.2d 634 (1991); United States v. Headrick, 963 F.2d 777 (5th Cir.1992); United States v. Cohen, 965 F.2d 58 (6th Cir.1992), we hold that such policy statements are advisory.
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