Fiona Doherty

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Opinion analysis: Divided court holds that pretrial detention can toll a term of federal supervised release

In yesterday’s decision in Mont v. United States, a sharply divided Supreme Court held that a period of pretrial detention tolls, or stays, a term of federal supervised release if a court decides to credit that period of pretrial detention toward a sentence for a new conviction.

ByFiona Doherty/Jun 4, 2019

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Argument analysis: Justices skeptical of government’s claim that pretrial imprisonment tolls a term of federal supervised release

At Tuesday’s oral argument in Mont v. United States, the justices considered whether a term of federal supervised release is tolled, or put on hold, when someone on supervised release is held in pretrial detention on a new criminal charge.

ByFiona Doherty/Feb 27, 2019

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Argument preview: Justices address circuit split on whether a period of pretrial imprisonment can toll a term of federal supervised release

Approximately eight in 10 federal prisoners serve a period of supervised release after they get out of prison, and any violation of a condition of supervised release can lead to reimprisonment.

ByFiona Doherty/Feb 21, 2019