CriminalProcedure
Whether a court can impose a cumulative prison sentence for multiple supervised release violations that exceeds the original term of supervised release
A court, in imposing sentence upon a criminal defendant, may include as part of the sentence a term of supervised release. If the defendant violates the conditions of supervised release, the court may revoke supervised releaseand require the defendant “to serve in prison all or part of theterm of supervised release authorized by statute for theoffense that resulted in such term of supervised release.” 18U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3). If a defendant has multiple violations of supervised release, can the court require the defendant to serve in prisona cumulative total that exceeds the term of supervised releaseimposed for his offense?