Esteras v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 20, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 20, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 7–2
- Majority author
- Justice Barrett
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 606 U. S. Part 1 Pages 185–225 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 20, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2024 185 Syllabus ESTERAS v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit No. 23–7483. Argued February 25, 2025—Decided June 20, 2025* Edgardo Esteras pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin, and the District Court sentenced him to 12 months in prison followed by a 6- year term of supervised release. While on supervised release, Esteras was arrested and charged with domestic violence and other crimes. The District Court revoked Esteras's supervised release and ordered 24 months of reimprisonment, explaining that Esteras's earlier sentence had been “rather lenient” and that his revocation sentence must “pro- mote respect for the law,” a consideration enumerated in 18 U. S. C. § 3553(a)(2)(A). The Sixth Circuit affrmed, holding that a district court may consider § 3553(a)(2)(A) when revoking supervised release. Held: A district court considering whether to…
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