UNITED STATES v. COTTON

No. 23-1591.

108 F.4th 987 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shannon L. COTTON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Miller, Katherine Virginia Boyle, Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas Drysdale, Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Urbana, IL, Thomas W. Patton, Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Scudder, St. Eve, and Pryor, Circuit Judges.


Shannon Cotton violated his supervised release by using cocaine and losing all contact with his probation officer. After the district court revoked the release, a dispute arose over the maximum period of imprisonment Cotton could face for the violations. The district court determined that the answer was two years, disagreeing...

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